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Statistics for Literary Terms - D

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HintAnswer% Correct
A nihilistic movement in art and literature meant to signify total freedom, anti rules, ideals and traditionsDadaism
80%
A work of literature which sets out to instruct or teachDidactic
80%
Either the event(s) following the major climax of a plot, or the unravelling of a plot's complications at the end of a story or playDénouement
60%
A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones / u u, e.g: 'Just for a | handful of| silver he'Dactyl
40%
A line of verse of ten syllables popular with Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, e.g: To observations which ourselves we make // We grow more partial for the observer's sake'Decasyllable
40%
A term which denotes the principles of dramatic composition and theatrical artDramaturgy
40%
A type of drama popular in the 20th c. and is often concerned with the predicaments of the English middle classesDrawing room comedy
40%
A conversation between two characters in a play, story or poemDuologue
40%
A metaphor which has been so often used that it has become lifeless and lost its figurative strength e.g: 'Top dog', 'green with envy', 'the heart of the matter'Dead metaphor
20%
The arrangement of cacophnous sounds in words for a particular effectDissonance
20%
The use of data, numbers and computer systems to analyse textsDistant Reading
20%
Two syllables to a metrical footDuple meter
20%
The opposite of euphemism, emphasising defects, ugliness and tabooDysphemism
20%
A metrical foot which consists of two iambs u / u /. It is taken as one unit.Di-iamb
0%
A line of verse containing two feetDimeter
0%

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