S2 Dictionary Terms

Question 1

Making a play on words

Answer 1

Verbal Irony

Question 2

Word Origins

Answer 2

Etymology

Question 3

The line stops but the idea does not

Answer 3

Enjambment

Question 4

Iambic pentameter and had three quatrains and a couplet rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE)

Answer 4

Spencerian Sonnet

Question 5

Tragic Flaw

Answer 5

Hamartia

Question 6

An emotional release

Answer 6

Cartharsis

Question 7

An imitation

Answer 7

Mimesis

Question 8

An introduction of plot

Answer 8

Protasis

Question 9

Leading up to the climax

Answer 9

Epitasis

Question 10

A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control

Answer 10

Dystopia

Question 11

Social criticism through humor

Answer 11

Satire

Question 12

A short story (symbolic)

Answer 12

Fable

Question 13

Dark, symbolic story

Answer 13

Parable

Question 14

Longer story, symbolic and developed

Answer 14

Allegory

Question 15

Making fun of something through immitation

Answer 15

Parody

Question 16

The idea that the socially strongest are going to thrive

Answer 16

Social Darwinism

Question 17

Measure of emotions

Answer 17

Consumer Setiment

Question 18

One who has many flaws, has a dark personality, but by some means, lands in the position of a hero (unintentional hero)

Answer 18

Anti-Hero

Question 19

A picture, description, or imitation of a person/thing i which characteristics are exaggerated for effect

Answer 19

Caricature

Question 20

Who an author is writing for

Answer 20

Audience

Question 21

The idea that the author might try and confuse the reader for the purpose of impact

Answer 21

Ambiguity

Question 22

The exact opposite

Answer 22

Antithesis

Question 23

A wise saying or idiom

Answer 23

Aphorism

Question 24

A speech that won’t be heard or responded to

Answer 24

Apostrophe

Question 25

Subject+Predicate

Answer 25

Clause