Literary Terms

Question 1

The repetition of stressed initial sounds in a group of words that are closely connected .

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alliteration

Question 2

Which one is not a figure of speech?

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hubris

Question 3

A group of actors who observe and comment on the action of the play.

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chorus

Question 4

A play on words, usually for comic effect, but sometimes for a seriouspurpose.

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pun

Question 5

A religious reform movement beginning in mid-16th-century, the shaping of American literature.

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puritanism

Question 6

An error committed by a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.

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hamartia

Question 7

Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots or settings.

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stereotype

Question 8

I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you / Till China and Africa meet...

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hyperbole

Question 9

A metrical FOOT consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by astressed syllable - /

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iamb

Question 10

A term referring to qualities associated with the literature and culture of Greece and Rome.

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classicism

Question 11

A term for a particularly fanciful and exaggerated metaphor.

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conceit

Question 12

An apparent contradiction that asserts a truth. "The last shall be first.”

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paradox

Question 13

What is your purpose of visit? :) (the university)

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only choice, to have a good job, just to spend some time, peer pressure

Question 14

Imitation of a particular style or genre for the purposes of satirizing it.

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parody

Question 15

Spiritual discipline that enables an individual to experience with God or a divine principle.

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mysticism

Question 16

A type of narrative technique in which the surface story reflects at least one other meaning.

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allegory

Question 17

Poetry (17th C) with witty, ingenious metaphors drawn from widely disparate areas of life.

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metaphysical poetry

Question 18

In drama, a comment by a character directed to the audience, not heard by the other characters.

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aside

Question 19

Lines of poetry written without a regular meter and usually without rhyme.

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free verse

Question 20

The act of representing as one’s own the writing of another person.

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plagiarism

Question 21

The perspective from which a literary work is told.

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point of view

Question 22

A word or words are repeated, usually at the beginning of lines of verse.

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anaphora

Question 23

A word whose sound hints at its meaning, such as bang, zap and hiss.

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onomatopoeia

Question 24

In poetry written in English, a pause within a line of verse.

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caesura

Question 25

Metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by twounstressed syllables / - -

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dactyl

Question 26

A Greek word for excessive pride, an arrogance that invitesthe retribution of the gods.

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hubris

Question 27

An exaggerated or extravagant expression not meant to be taken literally.

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hyperbole

Question 28

Your hairs to me the pillars of the skies / Capturing a bird wherever it flies!

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metaphor

Question 29

The wind stood up and gave a shout...

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personification

Question 30

In art and literature, a broad range of views centered on the attempt to depict life as it is.

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realism

Question 31

The term for verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, unrhymed lines of about 10 syllables.

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blank verse

Question 32

Type of literary work that satirizes another work, its author, or the ideas presented.

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parody

Question 33

A comparison between two dissimilar things, usually connected by the words like or as.

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simile

Question 34

A form of AUTOBIOGRAPHY that subordinates the AUTHOR’s personallife to the public events.

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memoir

Question 35

In DRAMA, a term describing the moment of discovery or recognitionby the protagonist.

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anagnorisis

Question 36

In drama, a word meaning “purgation” or “cleansing.”

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catharsis

Question 37

The traditional term for the source of poetic inspiration.

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muse

Question 38

A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributedto an inanimate or abstract entity.

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personification

Question 39

She sells seashells by the seashore.

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alliteration

Question 40

In TRAGEDY, the final phase - the denouement - of the tragic action.

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catastrophe

Question 41

A general term for the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of LITERATURE.

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criticism

Question 42

Time and place of a story.

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setting

Question 43

Alone alone all alone/ Alone on a wide wide sea/ And never a saint took pity on...

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anaphora

Question 44

The song killing me softly...

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oxymoron

Question 45

Sudden fall of a dark and brave night...

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pun

Literary Terms

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Literary Terms

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