Literary Terms - British Literature

A story which has an outer story and one or more inner stories is called a____________ story.

The medieval literature of the wealthy class was called the.....

The part of an epic in which the poet asks a muse for assistance in telling the story is ......

One character on stage delivers information to another within hearing of the audience....

Shakespeare's tendency to follow a tense scene with humor is called....

The language of the common people is called

What type of drama has serious subject matter and usually ends in death?

What type of poem features a hero and a journey?

What is the term used for a character who contrasts another character?

What term describes the emotional cleansing that occurs from viewing a tragedy?

A rythym that is created by five sets of two syllables (unstressed/stressed) is called....

What type of verse idealizes country life?

What literary device uses two contradictory points to reveal truth?

The term which means repetition of initial consonant sounds is....

What type of literary device compares two very unlike things?

The compound metaphors in Anglo Saxon poetry are called

What type of poem has 14 lines: three quatrains and a rhyming couplet?

This is when the audience knows something the play characters do not....

What type of poem has 14 lines, consisting of an octave and a sestet?

What is the term for a type of literature that pokes fun at another type of literature?

The type of literature that pokes fun in an attempt to bring social change is called....

What term is used for a speech given by one character alone on stage?

The medieval literature of the common people was the...

What is the term for a pause in a line of Anglo-Saxon poetry?

An epic starting in the middle is called

The type of tragedy which blends comedy and tradegy is called......