Third Set of 40

Question 1

Incongruity

Answer 1

“Out of place.” Something that doesn’t fit in its location or situation

Question 2

Internal Rhyme

Answer 2

Rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse

Question 3

Irony

Answer 3

The expression of meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. The full significance of a character’s words or actions are clear to the audience but unknown to the character

Question 4

Jargon

Answer 4

Words or expressions used by a particular profession or group

Question 5

Literal

Answer 5

The use of words or phrases where the literal meaning is not true, but implies a non-literal meaning which does make sense

Question 6

Litotes

Answer 6

Ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrast (“You won’t be sorry” means you’ll be glad)

Question 7

Loose Sentence

Answer 7

A structure in which a main clause is followed by one or subordinate clauses

Question 8

Lyrical

Answer 8

Expressing the writer’s emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

The comparison of two objects without conjunctions (“Time is a thief”)

Question 10

Meter

Answer 10

A unit of rhythm in poetry. Occurs when there is a regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry

Question 11

Metonymy

Answer 11

The substitution of an attribute for that of the thing meant (suit=boss, the track=horse racing)

Question 12

Metrical Substitutions

Answer 12

A way of varying poetic meter by taking a single foot of the normal meter and replacing it with a foot of different meter

Question 13

Modify

Answer 13

A word, phrase, or clause that functions to limit or qualify the meaning of another word or phrase

Question 14

Motif

Answer 14

A distinct feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition (love, life, death, happiness, etc.)

Question 15

Motivation

Answer 15

The reason a character or characters do something

Question 16

Narrator

Answer 16

A person who tells the story, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative

Question 17

Narrative Techniques

Answer 17

Methods that writers use to give certain artistic or emotional effects to a story

Question 18

Occasion

Answer 18

The time and the place of a work

Question 19

Octave

Answer 19

A verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter

Question 20

Ode

Answer 20

A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing. Usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling

Question 21

Omniscient Point of View

Answer 21

A point of view that occurs when the narrator knows everything about all the characters. Their knowledge is unlimited and they are free to journey between time and place at will

Question 22

Onomatopoeia

Answer 22

A word associated with the sound it makes

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction (jumbo shrimp)

Question 24

Parable

Answer 24

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

Question 25

Paradox

Answer 25

A statement that inherently contradicts itself yet is still true

Question 26

Parallel Structure

Answer 26

Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

Question 27

Parody

Answer 27

A composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect

Question 28

Pentameter

Answer 28

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet

Question 29

Periodic sentence

Answer 29

A sentence grammatically complete only at the end; they complete the important idea at the end

Question 30

Personification

Answer 30

A figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or other non-human is given human traits or abilities (“the wind whistled”)

Question 31

Point of View

Answer 31

The angle of consideration used in a work. Common P.O.V.s include first-person, third-person, omniscient, and limited omniscient

Question 32

Polysyndeton

Answer 32

Sentence that uses multiple conjunctions without any commas to separate items in a series, usually appearing in the form of x and y and a, stressing each member of the series. It makes the sentence slower and the items more emphatic

Question 33

Prosody

Answer 33

Principles of versification, especially meter, line length, rhyme scheme, and stanza form

Question 34

Protagonist

Answer 34

The leading or major character in a work

Question 35

Pun

Answer 35

A humorous way of using a word or phrase so that more than one meaning is suggested

Question 36

Reliability

Answer 36

The extent to which a character can be trusted

Question 37

Refrain

Answer 37

One or more words repeated at intervals in a poem, usually at the end of a stanza

Question 38

Repetition

Answer 38

A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer

Question 39

Resources of language

Answer 39

A general phrase for the linguistic devices that a writer can use. This term invites a student to discuss the style and rhetoric of a passage using terms like diction, syntax, figurative language, and imagery

Question 40

Rhetorical Question

Answer 40

A question that is not meant to be answered because it is self-evident. It is asked not to elicit an answer but to encourage the listener to consider a message or viewpoint