Set 2

Question 0

A figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined.

Answer 0

Oxymoron

Question 1

Any written form of conversation between two or more speakers. It usually serves to advance plot and reveal character.

Answer 1

Dialogue

Question 2

The reversal of normal word order in a sentence or phrase.

Answer 2

Inversion

Question 3

The exact meaning of a word, without the feelings or suggestions that the word might imply.

Answer 3

Denotation

Question 4

An association that comes along with a particular word. It has to do with the feelings suggested by the word.

Answer 4

Connotation

Question 5

Two lines of verse forming a discrete unit of meaning. Also, two lines of rhymed poetry.

Answer 5

Couplet

Question 6

The intellectual or emotional perspective held by a narrator or persona.

• Retrospective
• Omniscient
• Third Person
• First Person

Answer 6

Point of View

Question 7

A direct comparison using “like” or “as” to coordinate the object of the comparison with the means of comparison.

Answer 7

Simile

Question 8

An object that not only serves as an image itself but also refers to a concept or abstract idea that is not important to the theme itself. It must be on something tangible or visible.

Answer 8

Symbol

Question 9

Any relatively short poem in which a single speaker expresses an emotional state or process of thought.

Answer 9

Lyric Poetry

Question 10

The story- fiction or nonfiction- being told.

Answer 10

Narrative

Question 11

A triplet, or stanza of three lines, in which each line ends with the same rhyme.

Answer 11

Tercet

Question 12

A four-line stanza of poetry

Answer 12

Quatrain

Question 13

A six-line stanza of poetry.

Answer 13

Sestet

Question 14

An eight-line stanza of poetry

Answer 14

Octave

Question 15

A classic poem composed of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter with some form of altering end rhyme.

• Petrarchan (Italian)
• Shakespearean (English)

Answer 15

Sonnet

Question 16

Recurring patterns of stress, quantity, and pitch.

Answer 16

Rhythm

Question 17

Rhythmic or metrical verse that is different from prose. It is organized according to units of meaning instead of paragraphs.

Answer 17

Poetry

Question 18

The repetition of sound in poetry or prose. Often, this repetition appears at the beginning of words but may also appear in the middle or the end.

Answer 18

Alliteration

Question 19

To express the feelings of a poet; verses of song

Answer 19

Lyric

Question 20

Poetry which was originally meant to be sung.

Answer 20

Literary Ballad

Question 21

A repetition of a line or part of line, usually at the end of each stanza or section of a poem.

Answer 21

Refrain

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

A deliberate exaggeration

Question 23

A comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”

Answer 23

Metaphor

Question 24

Descriptions that appeal to the five senses. Some will also use this interchangeably with figurative language.

Answer 24

Image(ry)

Question 25

A broad term for poetry that does not follow a regular metrical pattern or rhyme scheme.

Answer 25

Free Verse

Question 26

Repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants.

Answer 26

Assonance

Question 27

A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region It forms a part of their culture.

Answer 27

Folk Ballad

Question 28

An indirect or inexplicit reference by one text to another text, to a historical occurrence or to myths or legends. This lit. term often adds greater meaning to the work.

Answer 28

Allusion

Question 29

A song or poem, written in elegiac couplets, that expresses sorrow or lamentations, usually for someone who has died.

Answer 29

Elegy

Question 30

Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Answer 30

Blank Verse

Question 31

A figure of speech in which an object, an idea, or a quality is represented as a person.

Answer 31

Personification

Question 32

A long narrative poem “celebrating episodes of a people’s heroic tradition.” Can be mythical or heroic.

Answer 32

Epic Poetry

Question 33

The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.

Answer 33

Onomatopoeia

Question 34

A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit. It is the equivalent of a paragraph in prose writing.

Answer 34

Stanza

Question 35

Repetitions of similar sounds that are sustained through two or more lines of verse.

Answer 35

Rhyme

Question 36

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.

Answer 36

Rhyme Scheme