Terms 1-10

Question 1

Anadiplosis
(syntactical)

Answer 1

Repetition of a prominent last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next.

Question 2

Ex. Rely on honor-honor such as his.

Answer 2

Anadiplosis
(syntactical)

Question 3

Anaphora
(syntactical)

Answer 3

Repetition where the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines.

Question 4

Ex. ‘Tis a fault to heaven. A fault against the dead. A fault to nature.

Answer 4

Anaphora
(syntactical)

Question 5

Anastrophe
(syntactical)

Answer 5

Figure of speech involving an inversion of the natrual syntax of a sentence for the sake of emphasis or effect.

Question 6

Ex. She drank the lemonade, cool and refreshing.

Answer 6

Anastrophe
(syntactical)

Question 7

Assonance
(poetic)

Answer 7

Repetition of similar vowel sounds.

Question 8

Ex. Sher sang a low tone.

Answer 8

Assonance
(poetic)

Question 9

Apostrophe
(literary)

Answer 9

Figure of speech where an absent person or thing can’t respond back.

Question 10

Ex. Death, be not proud.(Donne)

Answer 10

Apostrophe
(literary)

Question 11

Asyndeton
(syntactical)

Answer 11

Omission of the conjunctions(FANBOYS) that are ordinarily join sucessive words or clauses.

Question 12

Ex. I burn. I pine. I perish.

Answer 12

Asyndeton
(syntactical)

Question 13

Cacophony
(poetic)

Answer 13

The use of words and phrases that imply strong, harsh within the phrase. These words have jarring and dissonant sounds that create a disturbing, objectionable atmosphere.

Question 14

Ex. His fingers rapped and pounded the door, and his foot thumped against the yellowing wood.

Answer 14

Cacophony
(poetic)

Question 15

Caesura
(poetic)

Answer 15

A pause in a line or sentence that is formed by rhythms of natrual speech rather than by metrics.

Question 16

Ex. Mozart-oh how your music makes me soar!
Ex. To err is human; to forgive is divine(Alexander Pope).

Answer 16

Caesura
(poetic)

Question 17

Colloquialism
(literary)

Answer 17

A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typical one used in ordinary or familiar conversations; slang native to a region.

Question 18

Ex. I don’t wanna.
Ex. Hey, give me a drink of pop.
Ex. What are you fixin’ to do?

Answer 18

Colloquialism
(literary)

Question 19

Allusions often used to cite specific characters.

Answer 19

Mythology Allusion

Question 20

References which may deal with circumstances with religious “undertones”.

Answer 20

Biblical Allusion

Question 21

A type of allusions which might refer to a major historical event.

Answer 21

Historical Allusion

Question 22

Allusions which often work to refer to other well-known pieces.

Answer 22

Literary Allusion

Question 23

References which would be sustained in works like “Alice and Wonderland” or “Gulliver’s Travels”.

Answer 23

Political Allusion

Question 24

Allusions that often lost when the current context is no longer in the public eye.

Answer 24

Contemporary Allusion