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Literary terms 5
Literary terms set 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apostrophe | an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). |
| Soliloquy | an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
| Aside | a remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play. |
| Enjambment | the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. |
| Sonnet | a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. |
| Consonance | agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. |
| Paradox | a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. |
| Metonymy | the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing. |
| Narrative Poetry | a form of poetry that is used to tell a story. The poet combines elements of storytelling—like plot, setting, and characters—with elements of poetry, such as form, meter, rhyme, and poetic devices. |
| Lyric Poetry | refers to a short poem, often with songlike qualities, that expresses the speaker’s personal emotions and feelings. |
| Prose | a style used that does not follow a structure of rhyming or meter. |
| Poetry | literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; poems collectively or as a genre of literature. |
| Aphorism | a short saying that serves to express a truth in a memorable and quippy way. |
| Satire | the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. |
| Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
| Parody | an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
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