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Question 1

run-on line

Answer 1

a line of verse that embodies a complete logical and grammatical unit and does not constitute a complete syntactic unit

Question 2

satire

Answer 2

writing in a comic mode that holds a subject up to scorn and ridicule, often with the purpose of correcting human vice and folly.

Question 3

scansion

Answer 3

the analysis of patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables to establish the metrical or rhythmical pattern of a poem

Question 4

sestet

Answer 4

the six-line resolution of a Petrarchan sonnet

Question 5

setting

Answer 5

the place, time, and social context in which a work occurs

Question 6

shakespearean sonnet

Answer 6

a type of sonnet much used by Shakespeare, written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quatrains and a final couplet with the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.

Question 7

simile

Answer 7

a comparison of unlike things introduced by the words like or as

Question 8

slant rhyme

Answer 8

rhyme in which the stressed syllables of ending consonants match, however the preceding vowel sounds do not match.

Question 9

soliloquy

Answer 9

a dramatic convention in which an actor, alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud

Question 10

sonnet

Answer 10

a lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually of iambic pentameter

Question 11

spondee

Answer 11

a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables, usually a variation within a metrical line

Question 12

stanza

Answer 12

the grouping of a fixed number of verse lines in a recurring metrical rhyme pattern

Question 13

stream-of-consciousness technique

Answer 13

the narrative technique that attempts to reproduce the full and uninterrupted flow of a character’s mental process, in which ideas, memories, and sense impressions may intermingle without logical transitions