Literary Terms Quiz (Hard)

A line of six Iambic feet instead of five.

Book or table comprising a calendar of days, weeks and months.

Discovery in Tragedy

It comprises of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one

Dominance of Man in all social and intellectual activities.

Collection of poetry or prose from diverse sources

Signifies the setting of one thing against another

Short statement of truth or dogma couched in memorable terms

Slang or coarse vernacular language.

A term to denote anticlimax

These are the words of phrase or description of a book in a nutshell

To cleanse a work by ommitting or cutting out indecent passages, phrases or words.

Rhythm and phrasing of language

Break between words in a metrical foot

Division of an epic or a narrative poem

Suggested or implied meaning of the word

When a work achieves complete satisfaction on all counts.

One accented syllable followed by two unaccented ones

The objective meaning of the sentence or phrase

The conclusion of a comedy

"Devil out of the Machine"

When a writer starts induldging in the side plot instead of the main plot

Gleaning of facts and ideas from different sources instead of one,

A brief pointed statement in prose or in verse.

Direct address to another person, a letter in the form of a verse.

Valediction to dead person or persons; inscription on a tomb or a grave

Ths doctrine that the state should have supremacy over the church in eclesiastical matters

An ornate, floral style of writing popularized by John Lyly

Use of ornate, pompous, and bombasitc language

Geographical Dictionary or index

Person who undertakes literary work for another who takes the credit

Omission in utterance if a sound resembling neighbouring sounds

The inadvertent writing of what should have been written once

A couplet written in Iambic pentameter

A work that urges the readers to take on a high moralistic standards

A word which has the same pronounciation and spelling as the other, but has different meanings and origin

Understatement used by writers used to emphasis the desired meaning

Movement of late 17th and 18th centuries reviving classical values in English Literature

A fictitious name used by a writer to represent his work

Dramatic representation pertaining to a myth, legend or traditional tale.

A rhetorical device in which balancing sentences, phrases, or words are used to enhance effect

Refers to excessive display of knowledge

Sudden change in fortune of a hero in a play - usually good to bad

A round about way of saying a thing

Study of literature, language or linguistics

Chronicle of adventures of a rogue

Truth or generalization which is too well known mainly because of its overuse

Use of words more than absolutely necessary (He sat DOWN on the ground)

Work written to gain the authour a livelihood

Concise statement or short summary of a work

Study of handling a language in poetry

When the past or future is written in the present tense

Novel based upon actual people under disguised names

Languages that have emerged straightaway from Latin and/Greek

Writers and editors can use it to highlight grammar errors in quoted text

Overuse of synonyms or Repetition of ideas

Manual or handbook carried for frequent reference.