Semester One Terms

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

A person who writes, a novel, poem, or essay

Question 2

Purpose

Answer 2

An intended or desired result

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

Any writing that a double meaning

Question 4

Ethos

Answer 4

A writer’s ethics/authority to deal with a topic

Question 5

Pathos

Answer 5

An arguments emotional appeal or ability to establish a relationship with the reader

Question 6

Logos

Answer 6

An argument’s logical appeal

Question 7

Kenning

Answer 7

Poetic phrase used in place of the usual name of a noun

Question 8

Parallelism

Answer 8

Agreement in direction, tendency, or character

Question 9

Rhetoric

Answer 9

The excessive use of exaggeration.

Question 10

Rhetorical Question

Answer 10

Question asked to produce effect (not intended to get a response)

Question 11

Connotation

Answer 11

An associated meaning to a word

Question 12

Denotation

Answer 12

The explicit meaning of a word.

Question 13

Paradox

Answer 13

A statement/situation that is self contradictory.

Question 14

Antithesis

Answer 14

The use of opposite phrases next to each other.

Question 15

Dramatic Irony

Answer 15

Irony understood by the audience but not the characters.

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

A quality that expresses a feeling in a story.

Question 17

Plot

Answer 17

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denumount.

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

A casual reference to something else (book, poem, movie, person).

Question 19

Metaphor

Answer 19

Saying one thing is exactly like something else.

Question 20

Simile

Answer 20

Comparing two things using the word like or as.

Question 21

Personification

Answer 21

Giving human like qualities to an inanimate object or animal.

Question 22

Primary Source

Answer 22

Pertaining to, or being, a first hand account of something.

Question 23

Secondary Source

Answer 23

Being a dirvation of the primary source.

Question 24

Diction

Answer 24

Accents/inflections on words.

Question 25

Bias

Answer 25

Unreasonable hostile feelings; prejudice.

Question 26

Anthropomorphism

Answer 26

Something that resembles human form. Giving human like attributes to something.

Question 27

Anecdote

Answer 27

Short narrative.

Question 28

Repitition

Answer 28

The act of repeating something.

Question 29

Symbolism

Answer 29

The use of a figure/mark to signify something deeper.

Question 30

Protagonist

Answer 30

The leading character/hero of a literary work.

Question 31

Antihero

Answer 31

A protagonist who lacks the characteristics of a hero.

Question 32

Frame narrative

Answer 32

Secondary stories(y) that are within the main story.

Question 33

Irony

Answer 33

An intention or attitude opposite of what is actually happening.

Question 34

Imagery

Answer 34

Using descriptions of the five senses to create a mental picture.

Question 35

Syntax

Answer 35

The rules or patterns of a language.

Question 36

Antagonist

Answer 36

The character that opposes the antagonist.

Question 37

Soliloquy

Answer 37

The act of talking on stage as if the person is alone.

Question 38

Aside

Answer 38

When an actor talks to himself and the audience.

Question 39

Point of View

Answer 39

Position a narrator is, in relation to the story.

Question 40

Characterization

Answer 40

Direct- telling about the character

Indirect- showing about the character

Question 41

Motif

Answer 41

A recurring subject, theme, or idea.

Question 42

Foreshadow

Answer 42

Indicating something will happen before it happens.

Question 43

Flashback

Answer 43

What a past occurrence is inserted into now.

Question 44

Omniscient Narrator

Answer 44

Voice of story that sees and knows all.

Question 45

Blank Verse

Answer 45

Unrhymed lines of ten syllables with even amount of stressed unstressed accents.