English 1 Final Exam Review
irony - Answer-contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality
situational irony - Answer-expectations aroused by a situation are reversed
cosmic irony or the irony of fate - Answer-misfortune is the result of fate, change, or God
dramatic irony - Answer-the audience knows more than the characters in the play, so that words and
action have additional meaning for the audience
socratic irony - Answer-pretended ignorance in discussion
allusion - Answer-reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history,
religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
epic - Answer-long poem in a lofty style about the exploits of heroic figures
ode - Answer-a long poem on a serious subject that develops its theme with dignified language
intended to be sung
, paradox - Answer-contradictory statement that may actually be true
prologue - Answer-introduction to a play or another literary work
unities - Answer-three key elements of dramatic structure: time, place, and action
alliteration - Answer-repetition of the same consonant sounds in words that are close together in a
poem, or repetition of consonany sounds that are very similar
assonance - Answer-repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds,
especially in words that are close together in a poem
argument/persuasion - Answer-special form of persuasion that uses reason to try to convince a reader
or listener to think or act in a certain way
autobiography - Answer-an account of the writer's own life
ballad - Answer-song that tells a story
biography - Answer-an account of a person's life, written or told by another person
blank verse - Answer-poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
iambic pentameter - Answer-each line contains five iambs, or metrical feet that consist of an unstressed
syllable followed by a stressed syllable
irony - Answer-contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality
situational irony - Answer-expectations aroused by a situation are reversed
cosmic irony or the irony of fate - Answer-misfortune is the result of fate, change, or God
dramatic irony - Answer-the audience knows more than the characters in the play, so that words and
action have additional meaning for the audience
socratic irony - Answer-pretended ignorance in discussion
allusion - Answer-reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history,
religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
epic - Answer-long poem in a lofty style about the exploits of heroic figures
ode - Answer-a long poem on a serious subject that develops its theme with dignified language
intended to be sung
, paradox - Answer-contradictory statement that may actually be true
prologue - Answer-introduction to a play or another literary work
unities - Answer-three key elements of dramatic structure: time, place, and action
alliteration - Answer-repetition of the same consonant sounds in words that are close together in a
poem, or repetition of consonany sounds that are very similar
assonance - Answer-repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds,
especially in words that are close together in a poem
argument/persuasion - Answer-special form of persuasion that uses reason to try to convince a reader
or listener to think or act in a certain way
autobiography - Answer-an account of the writer's own life
ballad - Answer-song that tells a story
biography - Answer-an account of a person's life, written or told by another person
blank verse - Answer-poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
iambic pentameter - Answer-each line contains five iambs, or metrical feet that consist of an unstressed
syllable followed by a stressed syllable
