Review of Literary Terms and Devices

Question 1

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory elements.

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Oxymoron

Question 2

This type of metaphor combines or mixes concepts that can sometimes be incompatible.

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Mixed

Question 3

Extravagant exaggeration or overstatement not intended to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

Question 4

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

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Blank Verse

Question 5

A long speech given by one character while other characters are on stage listening.

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Monologue

Question 6

This type of metaphor does not explicitly state the two terms being compared.

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Implied

Question 7

A long speech given by one character on stage alone.

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Soliloquy

Question 8

A play on words; a rapid exchange of word play.

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Pun

Question 9

Expressions that make comparisons meant to be interpreted imaginatively rather than literally.

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Figurative Language

Question 10

Using precise word choice to paint a picture or image for someone by appealing to the senses.

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Imagery

Question 11

When one thing is said, but something else is meant.

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Verbal Irony

Question 12

A general term used for poetry—it can pertain to metrical and rhymed compositions.

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Verse

Question 13

A 14-lined poem that is written in iambic pentameter and follows a precise rhyme scheme.

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Sonnet

Question 14

Two lines of poetry that rhyme with each other.

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Couplet

Question 15

A character’s personal or inner thoughts told aloud for only the audience to hear.

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Aside

Question 16

Four lines of poetry grouped together.

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Quatrain

Question 17

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

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Personification

Question 18

A style of writing in which each line has ten syllables; every second syllable is stressed.

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Iambic Pentameter

Question 19

A figure of speech where two unlike things are compared by using the words “like” or “as”.

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Simile

Question 20

1. When the audience knows something that the characters on stage/ screen do not know

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Dramatic Irony

Question 21

Writing and speech that lack the sustained and regular rhythmic patterns found in poetry.

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Prose

Question 22

Similarity in sound between two words. Their sounds are similar to one another .

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Rhyme

Question 23

A character who is used as a contrast to another character.

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Foil

Question 24

This type of metaphor is somewhat cliché. It's been overused and is no longer creative.

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Dead

Question 25

A figure of speech in which one thing is compared or identified with another dissimilar thing.

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Metaphor

Question 26

This kind of metaphor is elaborate and can be carried out for several lines, etc.

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Extended

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