figure of speech in which objects and animals have human qualitites
What is personification?
100
A long narrative poem in which a heroic protagonist engages in an action of great mythic or historical significance.
What is an Epic?
100
This 10th century epic poem is an amalgam of Christian and Pagan symbolism
What is Beowulf?
100
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a
plot.
What is FORESHADOWING ?
100
A basic model from which copies are made; a prototype.
What is archetype?
200
gross exaggeration for effect; overstatement
What is hyperbole?
200
A formal, often ceremonious lyric poem that addresses and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is ode?
200
This novella tells of a man journeying to "one of the dark spots on the earth."
What is Heart of Darkness?
200
a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements
What is paradox?
200
in general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters.
What is a COMEDY?
300
the use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description
What is imagery?
300
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
This author wrote what could be considered a mash-up of the Gothic, Victorian and Realist genres.
Who is Emily Bronte?
300
some significant aspect or detail of an experience is used to represent the whole experience (the use of something closely related for the thing actually meant)
What is metonymy?
300
the repetition of words or phrases that have
similar grammatical structures.
What is PARALLEL STRUCTURE (parallelism)?
400
a pause separating phrases within lines of poetry
What is caesura?
400
The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
What is Meter?
400
This play's ending caused such an outrage that the initial lead actress refused to act out the play as it was written.
What is A Doll's House?
400
a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are
on stage.
What is SOLILOQUY ?
400
a relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a
good life.
What is PARABLE?
500
Art of effective communication, especially persuasive discourse.
What is RHETORIC?
500
In traditional English poetry, it is often a melancholy poem that laments its subject’s death but ends in consolation.
What is an Elegy?
500
This novel, published in 1971, is a philosophical retelling of an epic poem about brave men and monsters.
What is Grendel?
500
the distinctive way in which a writer uses language: a writer’s distinctive use of
diction, tone, and syntax.
What is STYLE ?
500
a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole.