Question 1

What is the definition of Allegory?

Accepted Answer

Story holding a deeper symbolic meaning.

Answer

Repeating the first consonant sound repeatedly.

Answer

Referencing a famous person or event.

Answer

Placing an item outside historical time.

Question 2

What is the definition of Alliteration?

Accepted Answer

Repeating the first consonant sound repeatedly.

Answer

Referencing a famous person or event.

Answer

Force directly opposing the main character.

Answer

Placing an item outside historical time.

Question 3

What is the definition of Allusion?

Accepted Answer

Referencing a famous person or event.

Answer

Placing an item outside historical time.

Answer

Force directly opposing the main character.

Answer

Speaking to an absent person directly.

Question 4

What is the definition of Anachronism?

Accepted Answer

Placing an item outside historical time.

Answer

Speaking to an absent person directly.

Answer

Serving as an ideal character pattern.

Answer

Force directly opposing the main character.

Question 5

What is the definition of Antagonist?

Accepted Answer

Force directly opposing the main character.

Answer

Speaking to an absent person directly.

Answer

Repeating similar vowel sounds across words.

Answer

Serving as an ideal character pattern.

Question 6

What is the definition of Apostrophe?

Accepted Answer

Speaking to an absent person directly.

Answer

Telling a narrative story through song.

Answer

Repeating similar vowel sounds across words.

Answer

Serving as an ideal character pattern.

Question 7

What is the definition of Archetype?

Accepted Answer

Serving as an ideal character pattern.

Answer

Telling a narrative story through song.

Answer

Repeating similar vowel sounds across words.

Answer

Writing unrhymed lines with strict rhythm.

Question 8

What is the definition of Assonance?

Accepted Answer

Repeating similar vowel sounds across words.

Answer

Writing unrhymed lines with strict rhythm.

Answer

Telling a narrative story through song.

Answer

Creating a deliberate pause within lines.

Question 9

What is the definition of Ballad?

Accepted Answer

Telling a narrative story through song.

Answer

Writing unrhymed lines with strict rhythm.

Answer

Releasing strong emotions through tragic art.

Answer

Creating a deliberate pause within lines.

Question 10

What is the definition of Blank Verse?

Accepted Answer

Writing unrhymed lines with strict rhythm.

Answer

Reaching the major turning plot point.

Answer

Creating a deliberate pause within lines.

Answer

Releasing strong emotions through tragic art.

Question 11

What is the definition of Caesura?

Accepted Answer

Creating a deliberate pause within lines.

Answer

Releasing strong emotions through tragic art.

Answer

Reaching the major turning plot point.

Answer

Building an extended and clever metaphor.

Question 12

What is the definition of Catharsis?

Accepted Answer

Releasing strong emotions through tragic art.

Answer

Repeating consonant sounds near each other.

Answer

Building an extended and clever metaphor.

Answer

Reaching the major turning plot point.

Question 13

What is the definition of Climax?

Accepted Answer

Reaching the major turning plot point.

Answer

Repeating consonant sounds near each other.

Answer

Pairing two consecutive lines that rhyme.

Answer

Building an extended and clever metaphor.

Question 14

What is the definition of Conceit?

Accepted Answer

Building an extended and clever metaphor.

Answer

Defining a word by dictionary meaning.

Answer

Pairing two consecutive lines that rhyme.

Answer

Repeating consonant sounds near each other.

Question 15

What is the definition of Consonance?

Accepted Answer

Repeating consonant sounds near each other.

Answer

Defining a word by dictionary meaning.

Answer

Pairing two consecutive lines that rhyme.

Answer

Forcing an artificial ending to plot.

Question 16

What is the definition of Couplet?

Accepted Answer

Pairing two consecutive lines that rhyme.

Answer

Defining a word by dictionary meaning.

Answer

Choosing specific words to shape tone.

Answer

Forcing an artificial ending to plot.

Question 17

What is the definition of Denotation?

Accepted Answer

Defining a word by dictionary meaning.

Answer

Forcing an artificial ending to plot.

Answer

Choosing specific words to shape tone.

Answer

Knowing more than the story characters.

Question 18

What is the definition of Deus ex Machina?

Accepted Answer

Forcing an artificial ending to plot.

Answer

Lamenting the sad loss of life.

Answer

Choosing specific words to shape tone.

Answer

Knowing more than the story characters.

Question 19

What is the definition of Diction?

Accepted Answer

Choosing specific words to shape tone.

Answer

Lamenting the sad loss of life.

Answer

Flowing into next line without pause.

Answer

Knowing more than the story characters.

Question 20

What is the definition of Dramatic Irony?

Accepted Answer

Knowing more than the story characters.

Answer

Stating something witty in few words.

Answer

Flowing into next line without pause.

Answer

Lamenting the sad loss of life.

Question 21

What is the definition of Elegy?

Accepted Answer

Lamenting the sad loss of life.

Answer

Flowing into next line without pause.

Answer

Stating something witty in few words.

Answer

Contrasting pleasing and harsh word sounds.

Question 22

What is the definition of Enjambment?

Accepted Answer

Flowing into next line without pause.

Answer

Providing essential background to the story.

Answer

Contrasting pleasing and harsh word sounds.

Answer

Stating something witty in few words.

Question 23

What is the definition of Epigram?

Accepted Answer

Stating something witty in few words.

Answer

Providing essential background to the story.

Answer

Contrasting pleasing and harsh word sounds.

Answer

Moving plot events toward the resolution.

Question 24

What is the definition of Euphony/Cacophony?

Accepted Answer

Contrasting pleasing and harsh word sounds.

Answer

Moving plot events toward the resolution.

Answer

Using words beyond their literal meaning.

Answer

Providing essential background to the story.

Question 25

What is the definition of Exposition?

Accepted Answer

Providing essential background to the story.

Answer

Returning to past events for context.

Answer

Using words beyond their literal meaning.

Answer

Moving plot events toward the resolution.

Question 26

What is the definition of Falling Action?

Accepted Answer

Moving plot events toward the resolution.

Answer

Returning to past events for context.

Answer

Contrasting traits to highlight main character.

Answer

Using words beyond their literal meaning.

Question 27

What is the definition of Figurative Language?

Accepted Answer

Using words beyond their literal meaning.

Answer

Contrasting traits to highlight main character.

Answer

Dropping subtle hints about future events.

Answer

Returning to past events for context.

Question 28

What is the definition of Flashback?

Accepted Answer

Returning to past events for context.

Answer

Writing poetry without fixed rhythmic meter.

Answer

Dropping subtle hints about future events.

Answer

Contrasting traits to highlight main character.

Question 29

What is the definition of Foil?

Accepted Answer

Contrasting traits to highlight main character.

Answer

Writing poetry without fixed rhythmic meter.

Answer

Dropping subtle hints about future events.

Answer

Exaggerating heavily to create strong effect.

Question 30

What is the definition of Foreshadowing?

Accepted Answer

Dropping subtle hints about future events.

Answer

Exaggerating heavily to create strong effect.

Answer

Writing poetry without fixed rhythmic meter.

Answer

Using five unstressed and stressed feet.

Question 31

What is the definition of Free Verse?

Accepted Answer

Writing poetry without fixed rhythmic meter.

Answer

Describing scenes using rich sensory details.

Answer

Exaggerating heavily to create strong effect.

Answer

Using five unstressed and stressed feet.

Question 32

What is the definition of Hyperbole?

Accepted Answer

Exaggerating heavily to create strong effect.

Answer

Contrasting deep expectations with actual reality.

Answer

Using five unstressed and stressed feet.

Answer

Describing scenes using rich sensory details.

Question 33

What is the definition of Iambic Pentameter?

Accepted Answer

Using five unstressed and stressed feet.

Answer

Describing scenes using rich sensory details.

Answer

Contrasting deep expectations with actual reality.

Answer

Understating a point using negative phrasing.

Question 34

What is the definition of Imagery?

Accepted Answer

Describing scenes using rich sensory details.

Answer

Understating a point using negative phrasing.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things without like.

Answer

Contrasting deep expectations with actual reality.

Question 35

What is the definition of Irony?

Accepted Answer

Contrasting deep expectations with actual reality.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things without like.

Answer

Understating a point using negative phrasing.

Answer

Patterning stressed and unstressed word syllables.

Question 36

What is the definition of Litotes?

Accepted Answer

Understating a point using negative phrasing.

Answer

Patterning stressed and unstressed word syllables.

Answer

Substituting an associated term for another.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things without like.

Question 37

What is the definition of Metaphor?

Accepted Answer

Comparing two distinct things without like.

Answer

Patterning stressed and unstressed word syllables.

Answer

Substituting an associated term for another.

Answer

Repeating an image to unify theme.

Question 38

What is the definition of Meter?

Accepted Answer

Patterning stressed and unstressed word syllables.

Answer

Repeating an image to unify theme.

Answer

Serving as voice telling the story.

Answer

Substituting an associated term for another.

Question 39

What is the definition of Metonymy?

Accepted Answer

Substituting an associated term for another.

Answer

Using words sounding like their meaning.

Answer

Serving as voice telling the story.

Answer

Repeating an image to unify theme.

Question 40

What is the definition of Motif?

Accepted Answer

Repeating an image to unify theme.

Answer

Placing two contradictory terms close together.

Answer

Serving as voice telling the story.

Answer

Using words sounding like their meaning.

Question 41

What is the definition of Narrator?

Accepted Answer

Serving as voice telling the story.

Answer

Stating something contradictory that proves true.

Answer

Using words sounding like their meaning.

Answer

Placing two contradictory terms close together.

Question 42

What is the definition of Onomatopoeia?

Accepted Answer

Using words sounding like their meaning.

Answer

Placing two contradictory terms close together.

Answer

Imitating a known work for ridicule.

Answer

Stating something contradictory that proves true.

Question 43

What is the definition of Oxymoron?

Accepted Answer

Placing two contradictory terms close together.

Answer

Assuming a specific character speaker voice.

Answer

Stating something contradictory that proves true.

Answer

Imitating a known work for ridicule.

Question 44

What is the definition of Paradox?

Accepted Answer

Stating something contradictory that proves true.

Answer

Assuming a specific character speaker voice.

Answer

Imitating a known work for ridicule.

Answer

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

Question 45

What is the definition of Parody?

Accepted Answer

Imitating a known work for ridicule.

Answer

Assuming a specific character speaker voice.

Answer

Sequencing the major events of story.

Answer

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

Question 46

What is the definition of Persona?

Accepted Answer

Assuming a specific character speaker voice.

Answer

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

Answer

Establishing the perspective of the narrator.

Answer

Sequencing the major events of story.

Question 47

What is the definition of Personification?

Accepted Answer

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

Answer

Establishing the perspective of the narrator.

Answer

Sequencing the major events of story.

Answer

Serving as main character of story.

Question 48

What is the definition of Plot?

Accepted Answer

Sequencing the major events of story.

Answer

Serving as main character of story.

Answer

Grouping four specific lines of poetry.

Answer

Establishing the perspective of the narrator.

Question 49

What is the definition of Point of View?

Accepted Answer

Establishing the perspective of the narrator.

Answer

Grouping four specific lines of poetry.

Answer

Repeating elements to build strong unity.

Answer

Serving as main character of story.

Question 50

What is the definition of Protagonist?

Accepted Answer

Serving as main character of story.

Answer

Grouping four specific lines of poetry.

Answer

Repeating elements to build strong unity.

Answer

Patterning the final rhymes in poetry.

Question 51

What is the definition of Quatrain?

Accepted Answer

Grouping four specific lines of poetry.

Answer

Creating patterns of sound and beats.

Answer

Patterning the final rhymes in poetry.

Answer

Repeating elements to build strong unity.

Question 52

What is the definition of Repetition?

Accepted Answer

Repeating elements to build strong unity.

Answer

Creating patterns of sound and beats.

Answer

Patterning the final rhymes in poetry.

Answer

Building story tension toward the climax.

Question 53

What is the definition of Rhyme Scheme?

Accepted Answer

Patterning the final rhymes in poetry.

Answer

Ridiculing human flaws to inspire reform.

Answer

Creating patterns of sound and beats.

Answer

Building story tension toward the climax.

Question 54

What is the definition of Rhythm?

Accepted Answer

Creating patterns of sound and beats.

Answer

Building story tension toward the climax.

Answer

Establishing the time and physical place.

Answer

Ridiculing human flaws to inspire reform.

Question 55

What is the definition of Rising Action?

Accepted Answer

Building story tension toward the climax.

Answer

Ridiculing human flaws to inspire reform.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things using like.

Answer

Establishing the time and physical place.

Question 56

What is the definition of Satire?

Accepted Answer

Ridiculing human flaws to inspire reform.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things using like.

Answer

Speaking inner thoughts aloud on stage.

Answer

Establishing the time and physical place.

Question 57

What is the definition of Setting?

Accepted Answer

Establishing the time and physical place.

Answer

Writing a fourteen line poetic verse.

Answer

Comparing two distinct things using like.

Answer

Speaking inner thoughts aloud on stage.

Question 58

What is the definition of Simile?

Accepted Answer

Comparing two distinct things using like.

Answer

Writing a fourteen line poetic verse.

Answer

Speaking inner thoughts aloud on stage.

Answer

Grouping multiple lines within a poem.

Question 59

What is the definition of Soliloquy?

Accepted Answer

Speaking inner thoughts aloud on stage.

Answer

Writing a fourteen line poetic verse.

Answer

Writing the continuous flow of thoughts.

Answer

Grouping multiple lines within a poem.

Question 60

What is the definition of Sonnet?

Accepted Answer

Writing a fourteen line poetic verse.

Answer

Organizing the overall text for meaning.

Answer

Grouping multiple lines within a poem.

Answer

Writing the continuous flow of thoughts.

Question 61

What is the definition of Stanza?

Accepted Answer

Grouping multiple lines within a poem.

Answer

Choosing distinct words and sentence types.

Answer

Writing the continuous flow of thoughts.

Answer

Organizing the overall text for meaning.

Question 62

What is the definition of Stream of Consciousness?

Accepted Answer

Writing the continuous flow of thoughts.

Answer

Organizing the overall text for meaning.

Answer

Using objects to represent abstract ideas.

Answer

Choosing distinct words and sentence types.

Question 63

What is the definition of Structure?

Accepted Answer

Organizing the overall text for meaning.

Answer

Using a part to represent whole.

Answer

Choosing distinct words and sentence types.

Answer

Using objects to represent abstract ideas.

Question 64

What is the definition of Style?

Accepted Answer

Choosing distinct words and sentence types.

Answer

Using objects to represent abstract ideas.

Answer

Ordering words to build specific sentences.

Answer

Using a part to represent whole.

Related quizzes

Related quizzes