English 1201 Terms Quiz Review

Situational Irony is when the audience knows something that the characters do not.

A couplet is a stanza of four lines, usually rhyming.

When something means exactly what it says.

The writer’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language.

A literary device where the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents ("boom", "hiss" and "ooze").

A central idea or statement in a piece of work.

Tone is the author's attitude toward their subject.

A major subdivision in a poem.

There is no real pattern of rhyme in a rhyme scheme.

Which one is an example of a metaphor?

"The moon hid behind the clouds" is an example of...

A group of actors who comment on and interpret the unfolding action on the stage.

When a person, place or thing represents an idea, principle or quality of life.

Connotation is the literal meaning of a word that you would find in a dictionary.

An exaggeration or overstatement ("That haunted house scared me to death!").

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.

A type of language that does not mean exactly what it says.

How the writer reveals the personality of a character in a literary work.

Which is an example of Figurative Language?

The repetition of vowel sounds.

The struggle between opposing forces.

A reference to another work of literature (song, movie, novel, etc.) within a piece of writing.

The persona responsible for the voice in a poem is always the poet.

A four-line stanza which may be rhymed or unrhymed.

Words in a literary work that appeal to the senses.

"His face was white like a ghost!" is an example of a simile.

Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds (but not vowels).

The atmosphere or feeling that is created in the reader by a literary work.

A play on words where a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.