Part 3 Words

Question 1

Hexameter

Answer 1

Line containing 6 feet

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Deliberate exaggeration

Question 3

Iamb

Answer 3

Two syllable foot w an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one

Question 4

Ode

Answer 4

Lyric poem that is long and elaborate with a lofty theme (heroic victory or immortally, etc)

Question 5

Octave

Answer 5

Eight line but that constitutes a stanza

Question 6

Novella

Answer 6

Fiction longer than short stories but shorter than full length novels. Fewer subplots and conflicts

Question 7

Noble Savage

Answer 7

Literary character that embodies one uncorrupted by civilization. Symbolizes humanity’s innate goodness

Question 8

Narrative technique

Answer 8

Methods involved in telling a story. Devices like POV or use of dialogue

Question 9

Motif

Answer 9

Object that repeats itself thru a literary work and conveys a theme or message

Question 10

Mixed metaphor

Answer 10

Mingling of two metaphors

Question 11

Metonymy

Answer 11

Fig of speech in which a word associated with another word replaces the word itself (i.e. crown in place of kingship)

Question 12

Falling meter

Answer 12

Stressed to unstressed rising and falling

Question 13

Meter

Answer 13

Pattern of repetition of stressed and unstressed in a line. Connect one or more feet

Question 14

Rising meter

Answer 14

Moves from unstressed to stressed syllables

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

Comparison w/o like as or then

Question 16

Masculine Rhyme

Answer 16

Rhyme is on the stressed concluding syllable. Confess, address

Question 17

Lyrical

Answer 17

Songlike, emotion

Question 18

Litote

Answer 18

Employs an understatement by using double negatives

Not too bad instead of very good

Question 19

Lament

Answer 19

Poem that expressed grief, often death of a loved one

Question 20

Jargon

Answer 20

Special language of a group

Like lawyers or literary critics

Question 21

Irony

Answer 21

Fig of speech where intent and actual meaning differ

Question 22

Verbal irony

Answer 22

Saying the opposite of what is meant

Question 23

Dramatic irony

Answer 23

When the audience knows more than the character

Heightens suspense

Question 24

Situational irony

Answer 24

When the circumstances are ironic (plumbers toilet overflows

Question 25

Cosmic irony

Answer 25

Idea that fate destiny, or God toys with human hopes and expectations. Man is insignificant
Kurt vonnegut

Question 26

Socratic irony

Answer 26

When the questioner falsely admits to not knowing something to get the other person to reveal a lack of knowledge

Question 27

Invective

Answer 27

Speech or writing that attacks or denounces a person, topic, or institution. Used to express deepfelt emotions

Question 28

Internal Rhyme

Answer 28

Rhyme that occurs within a line not at the end

Question 29

Innuendo

Answer 29

Allusive remark or hint, typically suggestive or disparaging

Question 30

Imagery

Answer 30

Images of a literary work, sensory details. Evokes sensory responses