Key terms for English Lit 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteraturePoetryASAll boards Created by: jenni2906Created on: 28-03-16 21:46 What is mock-heroic? Used to describe poetry that satirizes the heroic style. 1 of 16 What is pathos? The power of arousing pity or sadness. 2 of 16 What is syntax? The way in which words are arranged to form phrases and or sentences. 3 of 16 What is a quatrain? A stanza or poem of four lines. 4 of 16 What is a stream of consciousness? Portrays an individual's point of view in a loose interior monologue. 5 of 16 What are rhyming couplets? Two lines that rhyme in verse. 6 of 16 What is assonance? The rhyming of vowel sounds. 7 of 16 What is a ballad? Narrative poem. 8 of 16 What is an octave? Eight lines of verse. 9 of 16 What is satire? Use of ridicule to expose vice or folly. 10 of 16 What is blank verse? A type of poetry with regular meter but no rhyme. 11 of 16 What is caesura? Pause in a line of verse. 12 of 16 What is colloquial? Informal and uses phrases or words associated with a particular area. 13 of 16 What is a soliloquy? A speech made by a person while alone. 14 of 16 What is conceit? Too high opinion of oneself. 15 of 16 What is a sonnet? A fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme. 16 of 16
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