WorksheetsWeek #14 literary/rhetorical terms quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
allegory
a poem specific to the Romantic era consisting of fourteen lines
a sub-genre of horror films
a concrete presentation of an abstract idea with at least two levels of meaning
a concrete presentation of a concrete idea with at least two levels of meaning
dissonance
the use of structured meter in a poem
pleasing relaxing sounds
a measure of distance
harsh discordant sounds
complex sentence
a sentence with one dependent clause and at least two independent clauses
a sentence with two dependent clauses
a sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause
a sentence with two independent clauses
flat character
character that lacks depth and complexity
a character that has depth and complexity
a character that has been hit by a train
a character with hubris
jargon
the use of vague words, phrases by a writer to a situation or profesion
the use of metrical units in prose
the use of specific words, phrases by a writer particular to a situation or profesion
a two headed beast from The Hobbit
narrative
the specific use of lines and stanzas
an explanatory form of essay or poetry
the story or the telling of a story, or an account of a situation or event
non-fiction
quatrain
four couplets
a stanza containing four lines that may or may not rhyme
a stanza containing eight lines that may or may not rhyme
four stanzas of rhyming couplets
scansion
a poetic term used to divide feet
a type of mansion
the analysis of prose meter using symbols
the analysis of poetic meter using symbols
spondee
a metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables
a metrical foot that consists of two unstressed syllables
a metrical foot that consists of four stressed syllables
a rare mushroom fungi typically found in the roots of Ponderosa Pines.
topic
A stringed instrument of the Medieval era
the theme of a work of literature
the subject that a work of literature deals with
the tone of a work of literature
