Week 1

Question 1

Abstract language

Answer 1

Language that describes ideas, concepts, or qualities, rather than particular or specific persons, places, or things.

Question 2

Alexandrine

Answer 2

In poetry, a line containing six iambic feet (iambic hexameter).

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

A narrative in verse or prose, in which abstract qualities are personified as characters.

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

The repetition of the same consonant sounds, usually a the beginning of words in close proximity.

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

A reference in a literary work to something outside the work, usually to some famous person, place, thing, event, or other literary work.

Question 6

Ambiguity

Answer 6

A phrase, statement, or situation that may be understood in two or more ways. In literature, ambiguity is used to enrich meaning or achieve irony by forcing readers to consider alternative possibilities.

Question 7

Analogy

Answer 7

A comparison that uses a known thing or concept to explain something unfamiliar.

Question 8

Anapest

Answer 8

A three-syllable metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable

Question 9

Antagonist

Answer 9

A character in a story, play, or narrative poem who stands in opposition to the hero. The conflict between antagonist and protagonist often generates the action or plot of the story.

Question 10

Antistrophe

Answer 10

The unit of verse the chorus chanted as it moved to the right in a dance rhythm.

Question 11

Apostrophe

Answer 11

A direct address to a person who is absent to to an abstract or inanimate entity.