Vocab- Week 10

Question 1

Also called an English sonnet: a sonnet form that divides the poem into three units of four lines each and a final unit of two lines

Answer 1

Shakespearean sonnet

Question 2

Another name for concrete poetry: poetry that is shaped to look like an object

Answer 2

Shaped verse

Question 3

A direct explicit comparison of one thing to another usually using the words like or as to draw the connection

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

A monologue in which the character in the play is alone and speaking only to himself or herself

Answer 4

Soliloquy

Question 5

The person, not necessarily the author, who is the voice of a poem

Answer 5

Speaker

Question 6

A section of a poem demarcated by extra line spacing

Answer 6

Stanza

Question 7

A characterization based on conscious or unconscious assumptions that some one aspect such as gender, age, ethnic or national identity, religion, occupation, martial status, and so on, are predictably accompanied by certain character traits, actions, or even values

Answer 7

Stereotype

Question 8

One who appears in a number of stories or plays such as a cruel stepmother, femme fatale, et al.

Answer 8

Stock character

Question 9

Organization or arrangement of the various elements in a work

Answer 9

Structure

Question 10

A distinctive manner of expression; each author’s style is expressed through his or her diction, rhythm, imagery, and so on

Answer 10

Style