ENGLISH LITERATURE A LEVEL TERMINOLOGY
– EDEXCEL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
Abstract Form -CORRECT ANSWER-
Abstract is a term used in an attempt to group literary terms, the other group is organic.
Abstract form occurs when an organic form is stabilizeed and repeated as a pattern, and the intention
of the artist is no longer related to the inherent dynamism of an inventive act, but seeks to adapt cont
ent to a predetermined structure.
Accent CORRECT ANSWER-Emphasis in natural speech.
Accentual Verse CORRECT ANSWER-
Lines of verse organized by the number of stresses rather than syllables.
Alexandrine CORRECT ANSWER-A metrical line of six two syllable feet.
Allegory CORRECT ANSWER-
An extended metaphor in which the characters, events, locations, etc. represent or symbolise other thi
ngs, often abstractions.
Alliteration CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Amphibrach CORRECT ANSWER-A stressed syllable in the middle of two unstressed syllables.
Anapaest CORRECT ANSWER-Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one.
Anthropomorphization CORRECT ANSWER-
Giving human characteristics to animals, gods or abstract things.
Antithetical Balance CORRECT ANSWER-A balance between the proposals of two opposites.
, Apostrophe CORRECT ANSWER-
A rhetorical device in which a poem or story is interrupted and a direct address is made to the reader.
Approximate Rhyme CORRECT ANSWER-
A rhyme pattern in which words sound the same but do not rhyme exactly - near, half or slant rhyme.
Assonance CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of a vowel sound throughout a piece.
Ballad CORRECT ANSWER-
Narrative pieces of a 4 line verse, rhyming ABCB and often written in common measure. Folk Ballads a
re usually songs composed for musical accompaniment, and of ancient origin. Literary ballads are poet
s' imitations or adaptations of folk ballads, and can deviate however far from the original form.
Ballade CORRECT ANSWER-
A poem consisting of three 8 line stanzas with a strict rhyme scheme based on very few different rhym
es - usually three and concluding with a direct address to a specific person-
an envoy. The envoy is normally shorter than the stanza by half.
Bathos CORRECT ANSWER-An anti-
climax, Greek for 'depth' and means an unintentional decent from sentiment, or an unintentional or lu
dicrous descent from what is meant to be grand or noble sentiment into the trivial or mundane.
Blank Verse CORRECT ANSWER-Un-rhyming iambic pentameter verse.
Cadence CORRECT ANSWER-The rise and fall of voice during speech.
Caesura CORRECT ANSWER-The main pause in a line of verse. Used to achieve Metrical Variation.
Common Measure CORRECT ANSWER-
The quatrain of the ballad stanza but stricter, often with a rhyming scheme ABAB.
– EDEXCEL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025
Abstract Form -CORRECT ANSWER-
Abstract is a term used in an attempt to group literary terms, the other group is organic.
Abstract form occurs when an organic form is stabilizeed and repeated as a pattern, and the intention
of the artist is no longer related to the inherent dynamism of an inventive act, but seeks to adapt cont
ent to a predetermined structure.
Accent CORRECT ANSWER-Emphasis in natural speech.
Accentual Verse CORRECT ANSWER-
Lines of verse organized by the number of stresses rather than syllables.
Alexandrine CORRECT ANSWER-A metrical line of six two syllable feet.
Allegory CORRECT ANSWER-
An extended metaphor in which the characters, events, locations, etc. represent or symbolise other thi
ngs, often abstractions.
Alliteration CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Amphibrach CORRECT ANSWER-A stressed syllable in the middle of two unstressed syllables.
Anapaest CORRECT ANSWER-Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one.
Anthropomorphization CORRECT ANSWER-
Giving human characteristics to animals, gods or abstract things.
Antithetical Balance CORRECT ANSWER-A balance between the proposals of two opposites.
, Apostrophe CORRECT ANSWER-
A rhetorical device in which a poem or story is interrupted and a direct address is made to the reader.
Approximate Rhyme CORRECT ANSWER-
A rhyme pattern in which words sound the same but do not rhyme exactly - near, half or slant rhyme.
Assonance CORRECT ANSWER-The repetition of a vowel sound throughout a piece.
Ballad CORRECT ANSWER-
Narrative pieces of a 4 line verse, rhyming ABCB and often written in common measure. Folk Ballads a
re usually songs composed for musical accompaniment, and of ancient origin. Literary ballads are poet
s' imitations or adaptations of folk ballads, and can deviate however far from the original form.
Ballade CORRECT ANSWER-
A poem consisting of three 8 line stanzas with a strict rhyme scheme based on very few different rhym
es - usually three and concluding with a direct address to a specific person-
an envoy. The envoy is normally shorter than the stanza by half.
Bathos CORRECT ANSWER-An anti-
climax, Greek for 'depth' and means an unintentional decent from sentiment, or an unintentional or lu
dicrous descent from what is meant to be grand or noble sentiment into the trivial or mundane.
Blank Verse CORRECT ANSWER-Un-rhyming iambic pentameter verse.
Cadence CORRECT ANSWER-The rise and fall of voice during speech.
Caesura CORRECT ANSWER-The main pause in a line of verse. Used to achieve Metrical Variation.
Common Measure CORRECT ANSWER-
The quatrain of the ballad stanza but stricter, often with a rhyming scheme ABAB.
