Literary Analysis
Vocabulary
Grammar
Literary Analysis II
Vocabulary II
100
A comparison that does not use like or as..
What is a metaphor?
100
Doctrine
What is a set of rules, beliefs, or values held by a group?
100
Split Infinitive
What is it called when an adverb is between "to" and a verb in a sentence?
100
Stanza
What is a formal division of lines in a poem?
100
Censure
What word means harsh criticism or disapproval?
200
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
What is the mood?
200
Recompose
What word means to restore to calm, to settle again?
200
Dependent Clause
What is a group of words that has both a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentence?
200
Irony
What is the term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result?
200
Conflagration
What word means a large distrastrous fire?
300
Denotation.
What is the literal or dictionary definition of a word?
300
Smite
What word means to inflict a heavy blow on?
300
Homophone
What is two or more words that have the same pronunciation, but different meanings, spelling, etc.?
300
Alliteration
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words?
300
Imperative
What is a word which means absolutely necessary?
400
Simile
What is a comparison using like or as?
400
Reiterate
What word means to repeat?
400
Independent Clause
What is a group of words that has both a subject and verb, and can stand alone as a sentence?
400
Connotation
What is the commonly understood cultural or emotional association with a word?
400
Acquiescence
What is a word which means acceptance without protest?
500
Allusion
What is an indirect reference to a real person, place, thing, event, etc. in a work/piece of literature?
500
Furtive
What is a word which means sneaky or secretive?
500
Parallel Construction
What is it called when nouns are in parallel form with nouns, verbs with verbs, etc.?
500
Figurative Language
What is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation?
500
Heritage
What word refers to something passed down through generations?
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