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What is an epithet
What is a blank verse?
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What is a blank verse?
When a verse is cut short by another speaker
When there's a pause within a verse
A rhyming iambic pentameter
An unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What is an epithet
A nickame or appellation
A grouping of three clauses used to further plot
An engraving on a tombstone
Words or a speech delivered at a funeral
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Which is an example of cacophony?
Vomit
Daisy
Crash !!!
Trombone
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What is a crux?
The most crucial messages within a novel
When a piece of literature has multiple climaxes throughout it
Important words within a passage
The most crucial lines in a poem
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Which is an example of an epanalepsis
If (it is) possible, (you) come early
Nothing can be created out of nothing
She sells seashells down by the seashore
When I was a child, I spoke as a child
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What is an allusion?
Repitition of the beginning consonant sounds
makes reference to a historical or literary event, figure or object
A thing that is likely to be wrongly percieved by the senses
Makes reference to another book
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What's a farce?
A fictional piece of literature
A light-hearted, ridiculous comedy
When a piece of literature is created by ghost-writing
A far fetched lie characters believe is factual
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What is vernacular?
A slang word that is commonly used
Language used to describe the sound of something
The way of speaking or expressing oneself within a group or class
Language used to express intense emotions and feelings
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What is an anecdote?
The repetiton of a word or expression at the beginning of phrases
Something to create a humorous pause within a short story
A short narrative used in a longer work to make a point (often humorous)
A short narrative in a longer work to further character developement
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What is an antecedent?
A pronoun that a noun refers back to in a sentence
A noun that is repeated over multiple sentences
A pronoun that is repeated over multple sentences
The noun that a pronoun refers back to in a sentence
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What is an example of an antithesis
He promised the world and delivered it
He promised wealth and provided riches
He promised wealth and provided poverty
He promised to provide the poor with wealth
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What is a static character
A character that stays the same throughout a story
A well developed and complex character
A secondary character that is in the background of a story
A character that's different at the end of the story compared to the start
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What is an allegory?
A work of literature with only a symbolic meaning
makes a reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object
Literature that conveys a theory
A work of literature with both a literal and a symbolic meaning
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What is a synecdoche?
A phrase that contradicts itself
A figure of speech were something stands for something else
Substition of a word for what it represents
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What is exposition?
An analysis of a piece of writing looking at facts
The final material that alters the tone and perception of characters
When words are switched around within a sentence
Introductory material that sets tone, gives setting, characters and facts
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How are folk tales passed down?
Strictly through plays and performances
Through writing and documentation
Through drawings and paintings
Through word of mouth
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What is denouement
When there's multiple resolutions to a conflict
When the conflict resolves itself
When the conflict of a story has no resolution
The resolution of a plot after the climax
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What is ambiguity
Expression of an idea with one solid meaning
Expression of an idea that gives multiple meanings and leaves uncertainty
A vague expression
A work of literature that conveys determination
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what is meter
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
A unit of mathmatical measurement
The pattern of how long the average stanza is in a poem
The pattern of the length of the lines in a poem
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What is an analogy?
Comparison of two things without using like or as
Makes reference to a historical or literary figure
Makes reference to a historical or literary event
Comparison of two things with the purpose of clarrifying an unfamiliar idea
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An arguement is based on opinions
True
False
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What is anadiplosis?
Repetition of the middle word of a line to begin the next
Repetition of the last word of a line to begin the next
The character who opposes the main character in a piece of literature
Repetition of the first word of a line to begin the next
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What is a conceit?
Two unalike things beside each other in a sentence
A character that is very self absorbed
A comparison between a person and an inanimate object
An elaborate comparison between two disimilar things
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What is denotation
A word with multiple meanings
The resolution after a climax
annotations added by the author after a novel is completed
A dictionary definition of a word
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What is an archetype?
A character or plot element that carries over all cultures and time periods
A character or plot event specific to a specific culture
Two characters with similar characteristics
A character that contrasts and reflects another character
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What is a parable?
A graph in mathematics
A short story to prove a moral point
A short story meant to evoke emotion
A humorous short story
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What is a polysyndeton
Repetition of the same word over the course of a paragraph
Repetition of multiple of conjugations close together
Repetiton of the same word close together
Repetition of multiple of conjunctions close together
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What is chiasmus
When the first word of a sentence is reapeated in following sentences
The scientific name for repetition
Reversed repetition in successive clauses
When a phrase is repeated multiple times for dramatic effect
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What is colloquial?
A certain attitude or behaviour within a sub-group of people
Informal expressions usually connected to a geographical area or group
Commonly used words or slang in everyday speech by most people
A formal writing technique
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What is an ellipsis
The ommision of necessary word(s) in construction but understood in context
The ommision of unnecessary words that make the author seem pretentious
The addition unnecessary words to add detail to writing
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What is a round character?
A character who is good at many things
A well developed and complex character
A character who gets along with a lot of the other characters
A dull character who is poorly developed and one dimensional
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What is anachronism?
Something that can be interpreted with multiple meanings
Something slightly correct within historical reference
Something historically accurate
Something out of its place in time or history
