American Literature Final Exam

Words that represent sounds

• oxymoron

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• synecdoche

Language that appeals to all senses

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• allegory

• pathos

Latin for 'in the middle of things'

• in media res

• alliteration

• diction

• assonance

Stanza of poetry consisting of 4 lines

• quatrain

• couplet

• pastoral

• narrative

Novel dealing with formative years of the antagonist; in particular, his or her psychological and moral development

• bildungsroman

• flashback

• satire

• antithesis

Repetition of consonant sounds within words

• idiom

• diction

• consonance

• alliteration

Appeal used to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• allusion

Expressions that do not mean literally what they say

• consonance

• understatement

• figurative language

• archetype

The complete opposite of something

• alliteration

• narrative

• antithesis

• syntax

A word or expression used in casual language by common people

• narrative

• diction

• colloquialism

• allusion