Duplicate of Literary Terms and Poetic Devices

Question 1

A long speech in a play in front of others.

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dramatic monologue

Question 2

Poetry that is expressive and emotional

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lyric poetry

Question 3

Dark, gloomy, Victorian horror - Poe

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Gothic

Question 4

In Romeo and Juliet, we know that J. is already married as her parents plan another wedding.

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dramatic irony

Question 5

A plot device in which the author places the main narrative within another narrative

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Frame story

Question 6

I'm a pepper, she's a pepper, he's a pepper, we're a pepper...

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epiphora

Question 7

A writer's choice of words

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diction

Question 8

But SCREW your COURage TO the STICKing PLACE and WE'LL not FAIL

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iambic pentameter

Question 9

When the first person narrator is lying, mentally ill, etc.

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unreliable narrator

Question 10

In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet uses a flip phone to call Romeo.

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anachronism

Question 11

Ironman is the _______ of an anti-hero.

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archetype

Question 12

Direct address to an abstraction, a thing, an animal, or an absent person

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apostrophe

Question 13

His name was Scott, he owned a lot, he took a shot,

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masculine rhyme

Question 14

A narrative that explores the maturation of the protagonist from childhood to adulthood

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Bildungsroman

Question 15

A short, interesting story about a real incident or person

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anecdote

Question 16

Sydney Carton is a prime example of a(N) ______- character

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dynamic

Question 17

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

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pun

Question 18

_____ are unrealistic devices that we accept as readers, such as "The good guy always wins."

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conventions

Question 19

A contemplative poem on death and mortality, often written in honor of someone who has died

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Elegy

Question 20

A lengthy poem describing the brave deeds of a hero, usually involving beasts or dragons.

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epic

Question 21

Sunny outside, it is.

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inversion

Question 22

Lucas loved lollipops and lullabies.

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alliteration

Question 23

The ridicule of a people group, organization, stupidity, or vices.

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satire

Question 24

When an actor in a drama speaks directly to the audience

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aside

Question 25

Placing 2 things side by side for comp. or contrast (newborn in the hands of a dying old woman)

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juxtaposition

Question 26

No one has more resilience or matches my practical tactical brilliance

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internal rhyme, Leslie Odom, Jr., feminine rhyme

Question 27

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.... (seemingly contradictory)

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paradox

Question 28

Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, MacBeth, Julius Caesar, are all ______________

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tragedy

Question 29

The head of the class, the foot of the bed, falling in love

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dead metaphor

Question 30

A portrait which ridicules a person by exaggerating or distorting his most prominent features

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caricature

Question 31

A rhyme that pairs sounds that are similar but not exactly the same

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slant rhyme

Question 32

All hands on deck!

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synecdoche, metonymy

Question 33

A comic or satiric imitation of a particular literary work or style

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Parody

Question 34

We are a little ready for summer break. This is (n) _____

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understatement

Question 35

A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest theme.

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epigraph

Question 36

A poetic form of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with a particular rhyme scheme

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sonnet

Question 37

extreme comparison of 2 unlike things, extreme extended metaphor (17th century poets)

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conceit

Question 38

"Murderous innocence" is an example of

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oxymoron

Question 39

For all intensive purposes, we are better than the animals because we have disposable thumbs.

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malapropism

Question 40

An interruption or pause: Stop....Hammer time

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caesura

Question 41

Meanings or associations that readers have with a word beyond its dictionary definition

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connotations

Question 42

My black cat sat at the back of the alley.

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assonance

Question 43

A poem that expresses a strong emotion about someone or something..

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ode

Question 44

Katniss, girl on fire.... Joan of Arc....Catherine the Great...Washington, founding father

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epithet

Question 45

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.

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epigram

Question 46

Atticus Finch is a prime example of a _____ character.

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static/flat

Question 47

a reference to another work of literature, art, or a historical event is called

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allusion

Question 48

A movement of writers who expressed views of disillusionment with contemporary life after WWI

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Modernism

Question 49

Shakespeare's MacBeth's _____________ is his obsession with power.

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hamartia

Question 50

Religious discourse intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than instruction.

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homily

Question 51

the moment of recognition of truth when ignorance gives way to knowledge (aha!)

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anagnorisis

Question 52

The arrangements of words into phrases, clauses, and sentences in a prose passage.

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syntax

Question 53

2 or more clauses are balanced by reversal: "Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you."

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chiasmus

Question 54

The emotional release felt by the audience at the end of a tragic drama

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Catharsis

Question 55

I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky, I believe that this song is annoying...

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anaphora

Question 56

A recurring pattern of images, words, or symbols that reveals a theme in a work of literature

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motif

Question 57

The repetition of vowel sounds in a sequence of words

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assonance

Question 58

A character's transformative moment of realization

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epiphany, revelation, anagnorisis

Question 59

Life is earnest, and to dust, we returnest, we're mournful in numbers, but not to the slumbers

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feminine rhyme

Question 60

If I WERE to live in another city, Nashville, my birth place, would be my second choice.

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subjunctive mood

Question 61

Are you excited for school being out? "No, I wish it could go on forever!"

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verbal irony

Question 62

Dialogue or narration written to simulate regional or cultural speech patterns

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dialect

Question 63

Any unanticipated intervener who resolves a difficult situation in a literary work

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deus ex machina

Question 64

"Hope is the thing with Feathers" - the entire poem compares hope to a bird.

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extended metaphor

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