Vocabulary Words

Question 1

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 3

Allusion

Question 4

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

Answer 4

Antagonist

Question 5

An idea or feeling that a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Answer 5

Connotation

Question 6

In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables

Answer 6

Assonance

Question 7

(Also called mood): The emotional feelings inspired by a work

Answer 7

Atmosphere

Question 8

Verse without rhyme, esp. that which uses iambic pentameter.

Answer 8

Blank Verse

Question 9

word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description

Answer 9

Characterization

Question 10

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

Answer 10

Climax

Question 11

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

Answer 11

Climax