T-V

Question 1

Theme

Answer 1

the main idea or meaning, often an abstract idea upon which a work of literature is built

Question 2

Title Character

Answer 2

a character whose name appears in the title of the novel or play; also known as the eponymous character

Question 3

Tone

Answer 3

the author’s attitude toward the subject being written about. The tone is the characteristic emotion that pervades a work or part of a work

Question 4

Tragedy

Answer 4

a form of literature in which the hero is destroyed by some character flaw and a set of forces that cause the hero considerable anguish

Question 5

Trope

Answer 5

the generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor

Question 6

Verbal Irony

Answer 6

a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words

Question 7

Verse

Answer 7

a synonym for poetry also a group of lines in a song or poem; also a single line of poetry

Question 8

Verisimilitude

Answer 8

similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is

Question 9

Villanelle

Answer 9

a French verse form calculated to appear simple and spontaneous but consisting of nineteen lines and a prescribed pattern of rhymes

Question 10

Voice

Answer 10

Th real or assume personality used by a writer or speaker.