IB Lang & Lit: Quiz 03

Figurative speech

Speech that communicates meaning beyond a literal interpretation of its words

Analogy

Illustrating the subject under discussion by making a parallel comparison

Colloquial

Informal language; often specific to particular social, local or age-related groups

Pastoral

Describing a rural scene in an idealized, simple way; attribution idyllic qualities to the countryside and innocence to those who live there

Form

In poetry, usually the arrangement of lines and stanzas

Soliloquy

A dramatic convention in which one person, alone on the stage, speaks their thoughts aloud

Hypophora

The speaker first asks a question then answers it

Epitomize

To be the perfect example or representation of (something)

Commentary

Close detailed description of a literary or non-literary text

Pithy

Vigorously expressive and terse (sparing in the use of words, abrupt)