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American Literature Vocabulary Quiz #1
Write the letter of the correct match to the clue words next to each vocabulary word.
1.
a
lyric
a. short poem of personal feelings
2.
o
diction
b. DUM-DUM stress pattern - stressed/stressed
3.
w
consonance
c. implied meaning
4.
d
meter
d. linguistic sound pattern for a verse or poem
5.
b
spondee
e. indirect reference
6.
t
personification
f. out of time or place
7.
q
alliteration
g. extended metaphor
8.
m
parallelism
h. 3 syllables - 1st is stressed, last two unstressed
9.
y
trochee
i. related events in a sequence, story
10.
k
apostrophe
j. typical character
11.
f
anachronism
k. addressing a non-existent person or idea
12.
i
narrative
l. short story or event showing a point
13.
r
ambiguity
m.use of similar parts in a sentence
14.
p
hyperbole
n. unstressed syllable, then stressed syllable
15.
s
oxymoron
o. choice of words
16.
x
assonance
p. exaggeration for emphasis
17.
h
dactyl
q. first consonant sound is repeated
18.
j
archetype
r. more than one meaning
19.
l
anecdote
s. two opposite ideas are joined
20.
c
connotation
t. non-human thing is given human attributes
21.
z
rhythm
u. 3 syllables - 1st two unstressed, 3rd stressed
22.
v
denotation
v. literal meaning
23.
g
conceit
w. repetitive use of consonants
24.
e
allusion
x. vowel sounds are repeated
25.
n
iamb
y. stressed syllable followed by an unstressed
26.
u
anapest
z. long and short patterns of syllables