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World Literature Vocab Review
Test Description: Fall 2015 - This is not representative of all terms on the test. KNOW YOUR STUDY GUIDE!
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1) A contradictory statement.
A
catharsis
B
apostrophe
C
paradox
D
hyperbole
2) A character's tragic flaw is known as his or her
A
dramatic irony
B
hamartia
C
hubris
D
situational irony
3) A term used to describe the punishment of souls by a process either resembling or contrasting with the sin carried out during life.
A
contrapasso
B
tragedy
C
comedy
D
purgatorio
4) An epic's larger-than-life main character whose mighty deeds reflect the values admired by the society that created the epic.
A
epic hero
B
mythic hero
C
folktale hero
D
tragic hero
5) A story in which the characters, settings, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts.
A
antithesis
B
allusion
C
alliteration
D
allegory
6) A pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages. It can be a character, a plot, an image, or a setting.
A
apostrophe
B
allusion
C
archetype
D
antithesis
7) A long, narrative poem that relates the deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
A
epic
B
dilemma tale
C
comedy
D
tragedy
8) In literature, a word, character, object, image, metaphor, or idea that recurs in a work or several works.
A
moral
B
allusion
C
motif
D
myth
9) A reference to a statement, person, place, event or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myths, or politics.
A
archetype
B
alliteration
C
apostrophe
D
allusion
10) The reasons that compel a character to act as he or she does.
A
paradox
B
tone
C
motivation
D
mood
11) The uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next in a story.
A
foreshadowing
B
mood
C
tone
D
suspense
12) A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines.
A
antistrophe
B
repetition
C
refrain
D
rhyme
13) The process by which the writer reveals the personality of the character.
A
atmosphere
B
motivation
C
characterization
D
mood
14) This occurs when a character struggles between opposing needs, desire, or emotions witihin himself or herself.
A
conflict
B
internal conflict
C
subtweets :(
D
external conflict
15) An adjective or other descriptive phrase that is regularly used to characterize a person, place, or thing.
A
foil
B
epithet
C
eponym
D
epilogue
16) A subdivision in a long poem, similar to a chapter in a book.
A
canto
B
ballad
C
catalog
D
strophe
17) A triplet or stanza of three lines, in which each line ends with the same rhyme.
A
terza rima
B
catharsis
C
tanka
D
tercet
18) An interlocking, three-line stanza form with the rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc ded, and so on.
A
catharsis
B
terza rima
C
tanka
D
tercet
19) A journey taken in search of something of value.
A
roadtrip
B
quest
C
journey
D
trip
20) The term used to describe a character's excessive pride.
A
catharsis
B
epistrophe
C
hamartia
D
hubris
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