Statistics for Keystone Literature Exam Part 3

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The language of a particular region or group of people.	dialect	100%
A comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as"—such as "He's a rock" or "I am an island."	metaphor	73%
Interrupts the plot of a story and goes back to a past event.	flashback	60%
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem.	meter	53%
A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.	myth	53%
The emotional meaning of a word found in examining the context clues and tone	connotation	47%
A theme or pattern that recurs in a work.	motif	47%
The contrast between what a character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true.	dramatic irony	40%
The emotional atmosphere of a given piece of writing.	mood	40%
The literal or dictionary definition of a word	denotation	33%
Occurs when a reader or character expects one thing to happen, but something entirely different happens.	situational irony	33%
A literary device that uses certain objects or images to represent other ideas.	symbolism	33%
A type of poetry that expresses the poet's emotions. It often tells some sort of brief story, engaging the reading in the experience.	lyric poem	27%
A seeming contradiction. For example, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."	paradox	27%
When someone says one thing but means something different; often with a sarcastic tone	verbal irony	27%