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Literary terminology for upper-school students
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a type of poetry characterized by emotion, personal feelings, and brevity
impressionism
narrative
lyric
expressionism
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the pleasant, mellifluous presentation of sounds
telephony
aurophony
euphony
cacophony
3
Empty question
Empty choice
Empty choice
4
a lengthy, elevated poem celebrating the exploits of a hero
sonnet
epic
ballad
ode
5
writing that reflects a personal image of a character, event or concept
reflectionism
impressionism
deflectionism
correctionism
6
a direct comparison between dissimilar things
imagery
simile
personfication
metaphor
7
one who opposes the protagonist
flat character
antihero
antagonist
antiprotagonist
8
a speech given by one character
monclair
mondrian
monologue
mongoose
9
a pattern of beats in poetry
monologue
metonymy
meter
metaphor
10
a poem that laments the dead or another loss
sonnet
epigram
elegy
aubade
11
the total effect of related sensory images in a work of literature
imagery
connotation
denotation
figurative
12
the inclusion of humor to contrast with tragic elements
mood enhancement
humor break
laugh nugget
comic relief
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extreme exaggeration (for effect)
hyperbole
rhetorical
understatement
histrionic
14
background information presented in a literary work
ex libris
extradition
thesis
exposition
15
a brief reference to a well-known person, event, or work
collusion
allusion
illusion
contusion
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type of poetry which explores philosophical ideas via metaphors
tangible
metaphysical
lyric
narrative
17
a metrical unit in poetry; a syllabic measure of a line
pteradactyl
dactyl
spondee
foot
18
devices which enable writers to operate on levels other than the literal
metaphor
figurative language
simile
irony
19
a work that functions on a symbolic level
denotation
allegory
aubade
blank verse
20
a verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept, or emotion
hyperbole
pathos
allusion
image
21
one who carries out the action in a literary work
epigram
character
euphony
catharsis
22
"the god from the machine"
sestet
satire
deus ex machina
irony
23
a poem that depicts a conversation between the speaker and an implied listener
spondee
aubade
elegy
dramatic monologue
24
when a poetic line is not end-stopped
enjambment
trochee
villanelle
sestina
25
a foot of poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
dactyl
iamb
trochee
octave
26
a simple, symbolic story, often with animal characters
folktale
oral tradition
fable
myth
27
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
elegy
alliteration
personification
assonance
28
when characters inhabit a reality different from what we consider the objective world
parallel plot
photorealism
objectivism
magical realism
29
the release of emotion that the audience of a tragedy experiences
verisimilitude
catharsis
metonymy
mimesis
30
poetry without a defined form, meter or rhyme scheme
ballad
formal
sonnet
free-verse
31
direct address in poetry: "O, west wind..."
apostrophe
diptych
epigram
elegy
32
unrhymed iambic pentameter
elegy
dactyl
blank verse
sonnet
33
the turning point of action or character in a literary work; the highest moment of tension
denouement
exposition
rising action
climax
34
an unexpected contrast between what happens and what was expected to happen
parody
contrast
parable
irony
35
the speaker of a literary work
point-of-view
narrative
narrator
speaker
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the author's choice of words
denotation
connotation
diction
caesura
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a clash between opposing forces
conflict
thesis
antithesis
antogonist
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a representative term is used for a larger idea
metaphor
synecdoche
simile
metonymy
39
a love poem set at dawn which bids farewell to the beloved
dactyl
enjambment
elegy
aubade
40
two lines of rhyming poetry
doublet
diatribe
parody
couplet
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a traditional aspect of a literary work
flashback
dactyl
parable
convention
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a brief, witty poem
epipen
epigram
epitaph
epigraph
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the literal meaning or dictionary definition of a word
allegory
epic
connotation
denotation
44
words spoken by an actor intended to be heard by the audience but not other characters
in the round
amphitheatre
aside
inside
45
harsh or discordant sounds in a literary work
denotation
cacophony
scansion
euphony
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background information presented in a literary work
rising action
induction
introduction
exposition
47
the repetition or variations of an image or idea
pathos
motif
irony
parody
48
a device that enables a writer to refer to past thoughts and events
foreshadowing
exposition
summary
flashback
49
the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images
connotation
tone
mood
denotation
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a type of lyric poem which extols the virtues of an ideal place or time
motif
dramatic monologue
parody
idyll
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a poem that tells a story
narrative
sonnet
lyric
synecdoche
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a metrical pattern: unstressed, unstressed, stressed
elegy
pentameter
dactyl
anapest
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a break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation
emjambment
deus ex machina
caesura
subplot
54
a formal, lengthy poem that celebrates a particular subject
apostrophe
ballad
allusion
ode
55
a simple narrative poem that is written in quatrains, generally with a rhyme scheme of abcd
lyric
sonnet
sestet
ballad
56
a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one.
iamb
synecdoche
dactyl
trochee
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an eight-line stanza
octave
octet
octopus
october
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the conclusion or resolution in a literary work
enjambment
rising action
denouement
idyll
