English Literature and Composition Flashcards
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When a poetic line continues onto the next without a pause, this is called:
Answer: Enjambment
Enjambment carries a sentence across a line break without pause.
A statement that appears contradictory but reveals a truth is a:
Answer: Paradox
A paradox seems self-contradictory yet expresses a deeper truth.
Two contradictory words placed together, like 'deafening silence,' form a(n):
Answer: Oxymoron
An oxymoron pairs two contradictory terms for effect.
The vantage point from which a story is told is the:
Answer: Point of view
Point of view is the perspective from which a narrative is related.
Deliberate understatement, often using negation, as in 'not bad at all,' is:
Answer: Litotes
Litotes expresses an idea by negating its opposite for understatement.
Clues an author plants to hint at future events are an example of:
Answer: Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing gives advance hints about what will happen later.
The choice and use of words by a writer is referred to as:
Answer: Diction
Diction is the writer's specific word choice.