Final Exam Review

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Lines of poetry grouped together.  Analogous to a paragraph for prose.

Information about how an actors should say their lines, move, the setting, the lighting etc...

A character trait such as arrogance, pride, idealism which leads to a downfall.

The repetition of consonant sounds within words.

"But Brutus is an honorable man."  This is an example of

When a writer uses the same words, phrase, clauses, sentences, stanzas, etc... more than once.

A sentence with at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent/subordinate clause.

Facts and examples to support a claim.

When a writer repeats a grammatical structure within a text.

Words whose meaning is reflected in their sound

A portion of text where a writer acknowledges the ideas of those who disagree with him or her.

A literary comparison between different things

A long speech a character speaks to others.

When a writer uses the same vowel sounds in close proximity.

When words come very close to rhyming, but do not rhyme exactly.

A reference to another text or relevant cultural artifact.

Something a character says that audience members can hear, but other characters cannot.

When a writer or speaker uses his or her own credibility or expertise to make an argument

When an author gives hints of events to come later.

A group of words with a subject and verb that can act as a complete sentence

A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent/subordinate clauses

The attitude of the author or speaker towards his or her subject

A long speech a character speaks to him or herself to share his or her thoughts.

The meter, pattern, and rhyme of a poem.

A play on words using words that have the same sound, for example, homonyms

Labeling the rhymes in a poem with the letters of the alphabet is marking the

When a poet uses words that have the same sound at the end of the words in line of poetry.

An over exaggeration.

When an expected outcome happens in an unexpected way.

Where something non-human is given human characteristics.

When a character says something he or she does not mean.

Moon smooth true groove.  These words are all

Facts, reasoning, and true examples used to prove a point.

A tale with a basically good person who has a downfall due to an error, a flaw, and/or fate.

When words in close proximity start with the same sound.

Description that uses words that access the five senses.

A sentence with one independent clause

When an item is itself and can also represent something else within a text.

A sentence with two or more independent clauses.

A group of words with a related subject and verb which is not a complete sentence

When the audience knows something a character doesn't.

A character, similar to another character whose differences emphasize the other's traits.

Pepperoni is to pizza as pillow are to a bed.  This is an example of an

When Antony says, "But Brutus is a honorable man" over and over, it is an example of

A literary comparison using like or as

An idea a writer or speaker argues for.

A line of five iambs where the first beat is unstressed and the second is stressed.

Appealing to an audience through their emotions.