Literary Terms Review #3

A stanza or poem of four lines unified by a rhyme scheme

A question with an obvious answer, so no response is expected

The dictionary or literal meaning of a word or phrase

The opposition between two characters, two large groups of people, nature, society, etc.

The main character in a drama or literary work

When the last word at the end of two or more lines rhyme

The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

Makes up five verse feet, each foot has an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Two consecutive lines of verse that rhyme

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

A story or short narrative designed to reveal some religious principle, moral lesson, or truth

The repetition of an initial consonant sound in consecutive or nearby words

A punctuation mark indicated by three periods to indicate material missing from a quotation

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot

Facts, observations, incidents used to develop a subject

A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry

When the personality of a character is revealed by using descriptive adjectives and phrases

When an inanimate object or abstraction is given human qualities or abilities

A fixed form of lyric poetry consisting of fourteen lines, usually written in iambic pentameter