Unit 1 Literary Vocab

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Sensory details used to make a work vivid. These details appear to the senses.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Implied or stated comparison between 2 unlike things.

Question 3

Extended metaphor

Answer 3

A comparison used throughout the whole work

Question 4

Implied metaphor

Answer 4

Does not directly state that one thing is another

Question 5

Dead metaphor

Answer 5

A comparison that has become so commonplace that it seems more literal than figurative

Question 6

Mixed metaphor

Answer 6

Use of 2 or more inconsistent metaphors on one expression (makes no sense if taken literally)

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

A brief reference to a person, event, or place. These things can be real or fake

Question 8

Satire

Answer 8

Employs wit to ridicule a subject

Question 9

Paradox

Answer 9

Something that seems self contradictory but which has valid meaning

Question 10

Rhyme

Answer 10

Exact repetition of sounds of 2 or more words

Question 11

Couplet

Answer 11

2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 12

Tone

Answer 12

Authors attitude towards his subject

Question 13

Style

Answer 13

Distinctive handling of language

Question 14

Conceit

Answer 14

A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between 2 startlingly different things

Question 15

Diction

Answer 15

A writer’s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision

Question 16

iamb

Answer 16

A poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 17

Tall tale

Answer 17

A humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated

Question 18

Heroic couplet

Answer 18

A pair of rhymed verse lines in iambic pentameter

Question 19

Symbolism

Answer 19

Emotionally powerful symbols are used to suggest meaning and mood. Also a literary movement in France

Question 20

Simile

Answer 20

A comparison between 2 unlike things using the words “like, as, or then”