Vocab-Week 4

Question 1

The continuation of a sentence from one line or couplet of a poem to the next

Answer 1

Enjambment

Question 2

A poem that celebrates, in a continuous narrative, the achievements of mighty heroes and heroines, often concerned with the founding of a nation or developing of a culture

Answer 2

Epic

Question 3

That part of the structure that sets the scene, introduces and identifies characters, and establishes the situation at the beginning of a story or play

Answer 3

Exposition

Question 4

A detailed and complex metaphor that extends over a long section of a work (aka conceit)

Answer 4

Extended metaphor

Question 5

A legend or short moral story often using animals as characters

Answer 5

Fable

Question 6

That part of plot structure in which the complications of the rising action are untangled

Answer 6

Falling action

Question 7

A play or scene in a play or book that is characterized by broad humor, wild antics, and often slapstick and physical humor

Answer 7

Farce

Question 8

To hint at or to present an indication of the future beforehand

Answer 8

Foreshadowing

Question 9

Language that is lofty, dignified, and impersonal

Answer 9

Formal diction

Question 10

Retrospection, where an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narrative

Answer 10

Flashback