Literature Terms

1. a subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza

2. the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

3. what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

4. a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

5. a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

6. phrases or lines of a poem that are repeated

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense

7. words whose final syllables have the exact same sound

• f. direct characterization
• g. complete rhymes
• h. imagery
• j. suspense

8. the author tells you explicitly what a character is like

• f. direct characterization
• g. complete rhymes
• h. imagery
• i. refrain

9. vivid writing that appeals to the senses

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense

10. the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense