Things to know for Midterm

Question 1

dramatic monologue

Answer 1

a poem in the form of a speech or narrative y an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently revelas aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events

Question 2

sestina

Answer 2

a type of poem that contains six stanzas, each stanza having six lines, while concluding seventh stanza having thee lines called as envoi, that is also known as tornada (triplet)

Question 3

sonnet

Answer 3

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 4

pastoral elegy

Answer 4

a poem about both death and idyllic rural life

Question 5

ode

Answer 5

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter

Question 6

attitude

Answer 6

the tone of a literary work is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development

Question 7

euphemism

Answer 7

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrising

Question 8

archaism

Answer 8

a thing that is very old or old fashioned

Question 9

oxymoron

Answer 9

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 10

apostrophe

Answer 10

calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea

Question 11

tone

Answer 11

the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

Question 12

allegory

Answer 12

story or poem in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

Question 13

alliteration

Answer 13

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together

Question 14

allusion

Answer 14

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something

Question 15

ambiguity

Answer 15

deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meaning in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work

Question 16

analogy

Answer 16

comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Question 17

a poem in the form of a speech or narrative y an imagined person, in which the speaker inadvertently revelas aspects of their character while describing a particular situation or series of events

Answer 17

dramatic monologue

Question 18

a type of poem that contains six stanzas, each stanza having six lines, while concluding seventh stanza having thee lines called as envoi, that is also known as tornada (triplet)

Answer 18

sestina

Question 19

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Answer 19

sonnet

Question 20

a poem about both death and idyllic rural life

Answer 20

pastoral elegy

Question 21

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter

Answer 21

ode

Question 22

the tone of a literary work is the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development

Answer 22

attitude

Question 23

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrising

Answer 23

euphemism

Question 24

a thing that is very old or old fashioned

Answer 24

archaism

Question 25

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Answer 25

oxymoron

Question 26

calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea

Answer 26

apostrophe

Question 27

the attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization

Answer 27

tone

Question 28

story or poem in which characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

Answer 28

allegory

Question 29

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together

Answer 29

alliteration

Question 30

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something

Answer 30

allusion

Question 31

deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meaning in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work

Answer 31

ambiguity

Question 32

comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Answer 32

analogy