Literary Terms Review Part 2

Question 1

the time and place of the action in a literarywork

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setting

Question 2

In writing, a metaphor drawn from the spoken, encompassingthe writer’s tone, style, and manner

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voice

Question 3

refers tothe placing of magical or supernatural elements into an otherwise realistic setting

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magic realism

Question 4

a feeling of growing curiosity or anxiousuncertainty about the outcome in a literary work

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suspense

Question 5

a 14-line lyric poem with a single theme. Two types :Italian and Shakespearean

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sonnet

Question 6

the perspective, or vantage point, from which astory is told

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point of view

Question 7

a figure of speech in which one thing is spokenof as though it were something else

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metaphor

Question 8

the sequence of events in a literary work

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plot

Question 9

the ordinary form of written language.

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prose

Question 10

one of the three major types, or genres, ofliterature

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poetry

Question 11

a movement of the 20th century, including symbolism, expressionism,and surrealism.

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Modernism

Question 12

prose writing that presents and explains ideasor that tells about real people, places, etc

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nonfiction

Question 13

occurs when two metaphors are jumbledtogether.

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mixed metaphor

Question 14

a type of figurative language in which anonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

Question 15

the repetition of sounds at the ends of words

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rhyme

Question 16

the imaginary voice assumed by a writer.

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speaker

Question 17

a post WWII movement in drama that emphasizedthe lack of meaning in human life

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theatre of the absurd

Question 18

a story written in verse form

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narrative poem

Question 19

a long work of fiction with a complicated plot, manycharacters, a significant theme, etc

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novel

Question 20

the rhythmical pattern of a poem. The number and types of stresses, or beats,in each line

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meter

Question 21

the process of analyzing the metrical pattern ofa poem

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scansion

Question 22

a long, formal lyric poem with a serioustheme.

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ode

Question 23

the central idea, concern or purpose of aliterary work

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theme

Question 24

a school of thinking where the barest minimum isused to accomplish a task

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minimalism

Question 25

the feeling created in the reader by a literarywork or passage.

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mood

Question 26

a poetic stanza consisting of four lines

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quatrain

Question 27

a comparison of two dissimilar things using thewords like or as

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simile

Question 28

a group of lines in a poem, seen as a unit

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stanza

Question 29

a series or group of sonnets written to oneperson or on one theme

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sonnet sequence

Question 30

the conclusion of a story

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resolution

Question 31

the writer’s attitude toward the readers andtoward the subject.

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tone

Question 32

the main character in a literary work

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protagonist

Question 33

the use of types of words, phrases, orliterary devices that are not common speech or prose.

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poetic diction

Question 34

the pattern or arrangement of words into acoherent thought

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syntax

Question 35

the works of such 17th centuryEnglish poets as John Donne, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan.

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metaphysical poetry

Question 36

the regular pattern of rhyming words in a poemor stanza

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rhyme scheme

Question 37

fiction that draws imaginatively on scientificknowledge for its setting, plot, characters, etc

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science fiction

Question 38

a. writer’s typical way of writing, including formality, use of figurativelanguage, etc.

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style

Question 39

both the generic term for any poetry, and a unit of poetry

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verse

Question 40

anything that stands for or represents somethingelse

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symbol

Question 41

one that has been so overused that its originalimpact has been lost

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dead metaphor

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Literary Terms Review Part 2

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