Literary Terms

Castle of Otranto was the first

Macbeth is a

A stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

A secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.

Beowulf is a(n)

A Modest Proposal is an example of

A reference in a literary work to another literary work, historical event, or social event

Unrhymed verse of five iambic feet

An error in chronology

A poem of 14 lines, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, in iambic pentameter

Diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous

A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations

A system of ethical ideals that arose from feudalism and was most common in centuries 12+13

Away from one's thought or consideration

A series of four related dramas, operas, or novels

Incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions

An Old English bard or poet

A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature

A flaw in a character that brings about his or her downfall

A long speech made by one person, often monopolizing a conversation

Characteristically set in dark, mysterious castles amid an atmosphere of terror and gloom

The original pattern or model upon which later things are based

Ambition is one of Macbeth's

A metaphorical phrase or compound word used instead of the name of a person or thing

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an example of a

Long narrative poem on a serious subject centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure

Frankenstein is a

In or into the middle of a sequence of events

Two successive lines of verse

A unifying or dominant idea or motif

An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself