Unit 2 Literary Terms

Question 1

Inverted word order for emphasis, rhyme, or rhythm

Answer 1

Anastrophe

Question 2

Figurative language in which a part is used for the whole or the whole is used for a part

Answer 2

Synecdoche

Question 3

The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.

Answer 3

Rhythm

Question 4

A term used to describe a contrast between what appears to be and what really is

Answer 4

Irony

Question 5

When a character says one thing but means something else

Answer 5

Verbal irony

Question 6

An occurrence that is different from what is expected

Answer 6

Irony of situation

Question 7

When there is a contradiction between what the audience knows to be true and what the character thinks to be true.

Answer 7

Dramatic irony

Question 8

A fact is expressed less emphatically than it could be

Answer 8

Understatement

Question 9

Method used to describe character by revealing physical traits and personality

Answer 9

Characterization

Question 10

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 10

Alliteration

Question 11

Repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds

Answer 11

Assonance

Question 12

Repetition of similar consonant sounds preceded by different vowel sounds

Answer 12

Consonance

Question 13

Words who sounds imitate the natural sounds of things or animals

Answer 13

Onomatopoeia

Question 14

Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Answer 14

Blank verse

Question 15

Unrhymed verse that has either no metrical pattern or an irregular pattern

Answer 15

Free verse

Question 16

A break or pause in a line of poetry which contributes to the rhythm of the poem

Answer 16

Caesura

Question 17

Rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry

Answer 17

Internal rhyme

Question 18

A tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings, represents abstract ideas or moral qualities— has two meanings, a literal and symbolic meaning

Answer 18

Allegory

Question 19

Any object, person, thing, or action that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself such as a quality, an attitude, a belief or a value.

Answer 19

Symbols

Question 20

A word or expression that is not meant to be interpreted in a literal sense

Answer 20

Figure of speech

Question 21

A figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for special effect

Answer 21

Hyperbole

Question 22

A figure of speech in which something very closely associated with a thing is used to stand for or represent the thing itself

Answer 22

Metonymy

Question 23

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory ideas

Answer 23

Oxymoron

Question 24

Traditional songs, myths, fairy tales, legends, fables, proverbs, and riddles I composed anonymously and either written of passed down orally

Answer 24

Folklore

Question 25

A struggle between to opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem.

Answer 25

Conflict

Question 26

Between two persons, a person and nature, a person and society

Answer 26

External conflict

Question 27

Between two elements struggling for mastery within a person

Answer 27

Internal conflict

Question 28

The representation of an animal, Inanimate object, or ideas as a human being by giving it human qualities

Answer 28

Personification

Question 29

A movement or tendency in art, literature, and music reflecting the principles manifested in the art of Ancient Greece and Rome. It emphasizes the traditional and the universal, placing value on reason, balance, order, and clarity.

Answer 29

Classicism

Question 30

A movement that flourished in literature, philosophy, art, and music in western culture during most of the 19th century, beginning as a revolt against classicism. It essentially upholds the feeling and the imagination over reason and fact. It favors the picturesque, the emotional, the exotic, and the mysterious.

Answer 30

Romanticism

Question 31

Conventional character, plot, or setting

Answer 31

Stereotype