Week 1&2 Vocab Quiz

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Alliteration

• Conceit

• Lyric

• Epigram

A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects.

• Conceit

• Epigram

• Lyric

• Metaphysical

a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

• Epigram

• Lyric

• Metaphysical

• Paradox

A type of poetry that explores the poet's personal interpretation of and feelings about the world.

• Lyric

• Metaphysical

• Paradox

• Point of View

Concerned with abstract thought, related to metaphysics (branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of being and of the world); very subtle or abstruse

• Metaphysical

• Paradox

• Point of View

• Theme

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

• Paradox

• Point of View

• Theme

• Tone

the perspective from which a story is told

• Point of View

• Theme

• Tone

• Alliteration

Central idea of a work of literature

• Theme

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Conceit

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• Tone

• Alliteration

• Conceit

• Epigram