Vocab 3- Week 3

Question 1

A comparison of two unlikely things that is drawn out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem

Answer 1

Conceit

Question 2

What is suggested by a word, apart from what it explicitly describes, often referred to as the implied meaning of a word

Answer 2

Connotation

Question 3

The repetition of a sequence of two or more consonants, but with a change in the intervening vowels

Answer 3

Consonance

Question 4

Two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection

Answer 4

Couplet

Question 5

A metrical foot in poetry that consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable

Answer 5

Dactylic

Question 6

A direct and specific meaning, often referred to as the dictionary meaning of a word

Answer 6

Denotation

Question 7

The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group of people

Answer 7

Dialect

Question 8

The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose, or effect

Answer 8

Diction

Question 9

A monologue set in a specific situation and spoken to an imaginary audience

Answer 9

Dramatic monologue

Question 10

A poetic lament upon the death of a particular person, usually ending in consolation

Answer 10

Elegy