Vocab Test 5

Question 1

assertion

Answer 1

thesis of an essay

Question 2

discordant

Answer 2

disagreeable in sound

Question 3

cacophony

Answer 3

harsh discordant sound in a literary work

Question 4

comic relief

Answer 4

a humorous person or scene inserted between tragic events

Question 5

deconstruct

Answer 5

to break something into parts in order to understand the meanings of the parts

Question 6

epigraph

Answer 6

a quotation at the beginning of a literary composition

Question 7

euphony

Answer 7

the presentation of pleasant sounds in a work of literature

Question 8

exclamatory sentence

Answer 8

shows excitement

Question 9

ibid

Answer 9

the same source as the one above

Question 10

monologue

Answer 10

a speech given by one character

Question 11

parable

Answer 11

a story that operates on more than one level and teaches a moral

Question 12

polysyndeton

Answer 12

the presence of many conjunctions between clauses

Question 13

urbane

Answer 13

refined and often elegant in manner

Question 14

voice

Answer 14

the author’s original style

Question 15

exposition

Answer 15

background information presented in a work

Question 16

flashback

Answer 16

a device that allows the writer to refer to past events