AICE AS Literature First Semester
Exam Review-Graded A
first person - ANS-"I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.
objective point of view - ANS-a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the
story, with no comment on any characters or events.
omniscient point of view - ANS-The point of view where the narrator knows everything
about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.
limited omniscient - ANS-A Third person narrator who generally reports only what one
character sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character.
Assonance - ANS-Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close
proximity
Consonance - ANS-Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close
proximity.
Alliteration - ANS-Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Sibilance - ANS-A type of alliteration in which the "s" sound is repeated.
Repetition - ANS-Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
End Rhyme - ANS-A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of
another line
Internal Rhyme - ANS-a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at
the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
blank verse - ANS-Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura - ANS-A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of
the line.
Rhyme Scheme - ANS-the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem
or verse.
Elegy - ANS-a sad or mournful poem
, Limerick - ANS-a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
Sonnet - ANS-a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Epic - ANS-A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the
deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
Ode - ANS-A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings
toward the subject.
Connotation - ANS-an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or
primary meaning.
Denotation - ANS-The dictionary definition of a word
pastoral - ANS-A work of literature dealing with rural life
Free Verse - ANS-Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
rhyming couplet - ANS-two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a
character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending
Simile - ANS-A comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor - ANS-a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or
action to which it is not literally applicable.
Personification - ANS-A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human
feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Synecdoche - ANS-a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or
vice versa
atrophy - ANS-(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline
or failure; (v.) to waste away
attenuate - ANS-(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or
value
avid - ANS-desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
badinage - ANS-light and playful conversation
belabor - ANS-(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Exam Review-Graded A
first person - ANS-"I" and "Me" standpoint. Personal perspective.
objective point of view - ANS-a narrator who is totally impersonal and objective tells the
story, with no comment on any characters or events.
omniscient point of view - ANS-The point of view where the narrator knows everything
about the characters and their problems - told in the 3rd person.
limited omniscient - ANS-A Third person narrator who generally reports only what one
character sees, and who only reports the thoughts of that one privileged character.
Assonance - ANS-Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close
proximity
Consonance - ANS-Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close
proximity.
Alliteration - ANS-Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Sibilance - ANS-A type of alliteration in which the "s" sound is repeated.
Repetition - ANS-Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
End Rhyme - ANS-A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of
another line
Internal Rhyme - ANS-a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at
the end of the line or in the middle of the next.
blank verse - ANS-Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
Caesura - ANS-A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of
the line.
Rhyme Scheme - ANS-the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem
or verse.
Elegy - ANS-a sad or mournful poem
, Limerick - ANS-a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba
Sonnet - ANS-a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme
schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
Epic - ANS-A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the
deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society
Ode - ANS-A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings
toward the subject.
Connotation - ANS-an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or
primary meaning.
Denotation - ANS-The dictionary definition of a word
pastoral - ANS-A work of literature dealing with rural life
Free Verse - ANS-Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme
rhyming couplet - ANS-two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a
character is leaving the stage or that the scene is ending
Simile - ANS-A comparison using "like" or "as"
Metaphor - ANS-a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or
action to which it is not literally applicable.
Personification - ANS-A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human
feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Synecdoche - ANS-a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or
vice versa
atrophy - ANS-(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline
or failure; (v.) to waste away
attenuate - ANS-(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or
value
avid - ANS-desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
badinage - ANS-light and playful conversation
belabor - ANS-(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
