Vocab-Week 7

Question 1

A textual organization based on sequences of connected events, usually presented in a straightforward, chronological framework

Answer 1

Narrative structure

Question 2

The character who tells the story, or in poetry, the persona

Answer 2

Narrator

Question 3

A poem written about or for a specific occasion, public or private

Answer 3

Occasional poem

Question 4

A lyric palm that is somewhat serious in subject and treatment, elevated in style and sometimes uses elaborate stanza structure, which is often patterned in sets of three

Answer 4

Ode

Question 5

Also called unlimited focus: a perspective that can be seen from one character’s view, then another’s, then another’s, or can be moved in or out of mind of any character at any time

Answer 5

Omniscient point of view

Question 6

A word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes

Answer 6

Onomatopoeia

Question 7

Exaggerated language; also called hyperbole

Answer 7

Overstatement

Question 8

A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, sometimes resulting in a humorous image or statement

Answer 8

Oxymoron

Question 9

A short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson through the use of analogy

Answer 9

Parable

Question 10

A statement that seems contradictory but may actually be true

Answer 10

Paradox