Term 1 Week 2 Literary Terms

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work.

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• allusion

Unrhymed iambic pentameter is known as...

• enjambment

• internal rhyme

• free verse

• refrain

A Petrarchan Sonnet has the following features

• rhyming couplet

• sestet

• quatrain

• octave

• rhyming iambic pentameter

Word order and sentence structure is known as...

• concord

• grammar

• comprehension

• syntax

A rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true is known as...

• paradox

• contrast

• oxymoron

• antithesis

An elaborate and extended simile or metaphor that links two apparently unrelated fields in an unusual way is known as Metaphysical Conceit.

• True

• False

Correct language characterized by directness and

simplicity.

• Diction (informal or low)

• Neutral or middle diction

• Diction (formal or high)

Proper, elevated, elaborate, and often polysyllabic

language.

• Diction (informal or low)

• Neutral or middle diction

• Diction (formal or high)

Speaker in a poem addresses a person not present or an animal, inanimate object, or concept as though it is a person.

• personification

• apostrophe

• volta

• first-person speaker

Assonance is the repetition of identical ____ sounds in different words in close proximity.