Sem. 2 Study Guide

Question 1

Meter

Answer 1

the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line

Question 2

Rhyme

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the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line

Question 3

Slant Rhyme

Answer 3

a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds

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Internal rhyme

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rhyme between a word within a line and another word either at the end of the same line or within another line

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Rhyme scheme

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the formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words

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Assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse

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Consonance

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A resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial rhyme

Question 9

Imagery

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the use of literal or figurative language to add symbolism and enable the reader to imagine the world of the piece of literature

Question 10

Metaphor

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a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated

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Simile

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a comparison using the word like or as

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

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the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds

Question 13

Personification

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giving human characteristics to an object

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Tone

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the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject

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Mood

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the emotion evoked in the reader

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Speaker

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the voice of the poem, similar to a narrator in fiction

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Theme

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a central, unifying idea

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Point of View

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the writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story to whom

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hyperbole

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an extreme exaggeration

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metonymy

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the name of an object or concept is replaced with a word closely related to or suggested by the original

Question 21

ethos

Answer 21

what the author says to gain credibility from the audience and build character

Question 22

pathos

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appeal to emotion

Question 23

logos

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appeal to logic

Question 24

motif

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anything that repeats to hint at the theme

Question 25

perspective

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the narrator’s outlook or view on the story’s events, characters, and the world

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paradox

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a statement that appears to contradict itself but upon further inspection reveals a deeper truth, meaning, or joke

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apostrophe

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a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

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stream of consciousness

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persons through the process when they drift off

Question 29

oxymoron

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a word or group of words that is self-contradicting

Question 30

diction

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the authors use of words

Question 31

allusion

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brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

Question 32

diction

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the author’s use of words

Question 33

irony

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whenever a person says something or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do

Question 34

catalog

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a long list with the purpose to show how long the list is

Question 35

epizeuxis

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a form of repetition in which a word is repeated immediately for emphasis

Question 36

verisimilitude

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the idea that literature should somehow be true to reality

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dialect

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a form of a language in which an author writes their dialogue

Question 38

colloquialism

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the use of ordinary or familiar words or phrases

Question 39

what are the characteristics of the Romantic Period

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An impulse toward reform
A celebration of the individual/individualism
A reverence for nature; nature
A concern with the impact of new technology
An idealization of women
A fascination with death and the supernatural
The common man is heroic

Question 40

what are the characteristics of the Realistic Period

Answer 40

Method in which authors base their writing on observations of contemporary life,
often focusing in the lower or middle classes.
Attempt to present life objectively and honestly
Develop settings in great detail in an effort to re-create a specific time period for
the reader

Question 41

what are the characteristics of Modernism

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individualism, experimentation, and absurdity

Question 42

what are the characteristics of Local Color

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imitates ordinary life and brings a particular region alive

Question 43

what are the characteristics of Naturalism

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literary movement that attempted to portray realistic situations often with a pessimistic and detached tone

Question 44

what are the characteristics of Surrealism

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an artistic attempt to bridge together reality and the imagination

Question 45

Essay question: How does The Great Gatsby represent the American dream

Answer 45

The book “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald, represents the American dream through Gatsby’s dreams and his past. To begin, Jay Gatsby has a great dream to be rich so he can someday be with his one true love Daisy whom he’d met five years previous. In addition, although he got very wealthy, he was never able to be with Daisy and kept trying to reverse time before he went to the army and before she married Tom. The overall American dream for Jay is in the future, but he couldn’t move on and one cannot find their dreams in the past and he had to pay the price through death. Ultimately, Through Gatsby’s dreams and his past, Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” portrays the American dream excellently.