Regetz blinn, English 1302 Final Exam,
Midterm (Blinn College, Clements) Q&A
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exposition - ✔✔describes setting, introduces characters and explains dramatic
situations
writing conventions - ✔✔we write literary analysis in third person and in the
present tense even though it was written in the past
fiction - ✔✔written in pros and has a setting
poem - ✔✔written in verse; has no setting
drama - ✔✔meant to be preformed
diction - ✔✔a specific choice of words used by the author
metaphor - ✔✔a comparison
simile - ✔✔a comparison that uses like or as
dialouge - ✔✔spoken exchange between characters
characterization - ✔✔how an actor is portrayed within a work
narrator - ✔✔the person who tells the story
conflict - ✔✔central tension in a work
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,plot - ✔✔sequence of events
protagonist - ✔✔the character the audience is meant to sympathiz with
enjambment - ✔✔a run on line of poetry
personification - ✔✔giving human qualitys to an inanimate object
extended metaphor - ✔✔A metaphor developed at great length, occurring
frequently in or throughout a work.
controlling metaphor - ✔✔A metaphor that is central to and runs through an
entire work.
speaker - ✔✔the person whos voice comes across in a POEM
hamartia - ✔✔any fault of a dramatic character
hubris - ✔✔a fault that deals with the pride of the character that results in his
downfall
monolouge - ✔✔an extended speech between one character
soliloque - ✔✔character addressing the audience while he is alone on stage
catharsis - ✔✔therelease of an audiences emotion
in media res - ✔✔in the middle of things
climax - ✔✔the dramatic culmination or turning point
aside - ✔✔character addresses an audience while other people are also on stage
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, blank verse - ✔✔unrhymed iambic pentameter
pros citation - ✔✔study
poem citation - ✔✔stud
drama citation - ✔✔study
Alliteration - ✔✔the repetition of usually initial conconant sounds in two or
more neighboring words or syllables
Allusion - ✔✔an implied or indirect reference especially in literature
Blank Verse - ✔✔unrhymed iambic pentameter verse
Carpe Diem - ✔✔the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without
concern for the future
Connotation - ✔✔the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it
explicitly names or describes.
Couplet - ✔✔two succesive lines of verse forming a usit marked usually by
rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the indusion of a self-contained utterance
Denotation - ✔✔a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or
associated idea
Dramatic Monologue - ✔✔a literary work (as a person) in which a speaker's
character is revealed in a monologue usually addressed to second person
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Midterm (Blinn College, Clements) Q&A
100% Solved
exposition - ✔✔describes setting, introduces characters and explains dramatic
situations
writing conventions - ✔✔we write literary analysis in third person and in the
present tense even though it was written in the past
fiction - ✔✔written in pros and has a setting
poem - ✔✔written in verse; has no setting
drama - ✔✔meant to be preformed
diction - ✔✔a specific choice of words used by the author
metaphor - ✔✔a comparison
simile - ✔✔a comparison that uses like or as
dialouge - ✔✔spoken exchange between characters
characterization - ✔✔how an actor is portrayed within a work
narrator - ✔✔the person who tells the story
conflict - ✔✔central tension in a work
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,plot - ✔✔sequence of events
protagonist - ✔✔the character the audience is meant to sympathiz with
enjambment - ✔✔a run on line of poetry
personification - ✔✔giving human qualitys to an inanimate object
extended metaphor - ✔✔A metaphor developed at great length, occurring
frequently in or throughout a work.
controlling metaphor - ✔✔A metaphor that is central to and runs through an
entire work.
speaker - ✔✔the person whos voice comes across in a POEM
hamartia - ✔✔any fault of a dramatic character
hubris - ✔✔a fault that deals with the pride of the character that results in his
downfall
monolouge - ✔✔an extended speech between one character
soliloque - ✔✔character addressing the audience while he is alone on stage
catharsis - ✔✔therelease of an audiences emotion
in media res - ✔✔in the middle of things
climax - ✔✔the dramatic culmination or turning point
aside - ✔✔character addresses an audience while other people are also on stage
2|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
, blank verse - ✔✔unrhymed iambic pentameter
pros citation - ✔✔study
poem citation - ✔✔stud
drama citation - ✔✔study
Alliteration - ✔✔the repetition of usually initial conconant sounds in two or
more neighboring words or syllables
Allusion - ✔✔an implied or indirect reference especially in literature
Blank Verse - ✔✔unrhymed iambic pentameter verse
Carpe Diem - ✔✔the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without
concern for the future
Connotation - ✔✔the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it
explicitly names or describes.
Couplet - ✔✔two succesive lines of verse forming a usit marked usually by
rhythmic correspondence, rhyme, or the indusion of a self-contained utterance
Denotation - ✔✔a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or
associated idea
Dramatic Monologue - ✔✔a literary work (as a person) in which a speaker's
character is revealed in a monologue usually addressed to second person
3|Page
©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025.
