Vocab- Week 5

Question 1

Poetry that is characterized by varying line lengths, lack of traditional meter, and no rhyming lines

Answer 1

Free verse

Question 2

A type or class of literature such as epic or narrative or poetry or belles letters

Answer 2

Genre

Question 3

Overstatement characterized by exaggerated language

Answer 3

Hyperbole

Question 4

A metrical foot in poetry that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 4

Iambic

Question 5

Broadly defined, any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object

Answer 5

Imagery

Question 6

Language that is not as lofty or impersonal as formal diction

Answer 6

Informal diction

Question 7

“In the midst of things” refers to opening a story in the middle of the action, necessitating filling in paste details by exposition or flashback

Answer 7

In medias res

Question 8

A situation or statement characterized by significance difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant

Answer 8

Irony

Question 9

Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group

Answer 9

Jargon

Question 10

The location of one thing as being adjacent or juxtaposed with another

Answer 10

Juxtaposition