Figurative Language

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

Reposition of consonant sounds. Or any vowel sound in succession or closely associated words or syllables

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

Reference in a work of literature to a character place or situation from another work of literature music or art often from mythology or the bible

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

Repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables but without repeated following consonants.

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

An implied comparisons of two unlike things stated directly

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

An expressed comparison of two unlike things using the words like as or than

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

Words which imitate or produce natural sounds

Question 7

Personification

Answer 7

The giving of human qualities to inanimate objects or abstractions

Question 8

Foreshadowing

Answer 8

The use of clues by an author that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story of drama

Question 9

Aside

Answer 9

A dramatic convention in which a character turns “aside” to speak a few words directly to the audience or to another character, but is not suppose to be heard by others on stage

Question 10

Anachronism

Answer 10

An event or detail that is chronologically out of proper time in history

Question 11

Irony

Answer 11

Contrast between what is said and what is actually meant. Or opposite of what is expected happens. Or audience has info that characters don’t.

Question 12

Pun

Answer 12

Humorous play on words using either two or more different meanings of the same word or two or more words that are spelled and pronounced somewhat the same but mean different things.

Question 13

Soliloquy

Answer 13

A dramatic conversation in which a character makes an extended speech while alone on stage

Question 14

Symbol

Answer 14

Any object person place or action which maintains its meaning while at the same time standing for something larger than itself

Question 15

Style

Answer 15

Writers characteristic way of writing

Question 16

Tone

Answer 16

Attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader of a work of literature

Question 17

Figures of Speech

Answer 17

Describe one thing in terms of another, very different things.

Question 18

Plain style

Answer 18

A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

Question 19

Archaic

Answer 19

Words what are unused in modern times.

Question 20

Inverted syntax

Answer 20

Sentence structure is reversed from what is expected

Question 21

Hyperbole

Answer 21

Over exaggeration

Question 22

Inference

Answer 22

Educated guess

Question 23

Aphorism

Answer 23

Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

Question 24

Satirize

Answer 24

Using humor to mock and criticize the way things are

Question 25

Persuasion

Answer 25

Form of discourse that uses logical and emotional phrases to convince someone to think or act in a certain way.

Question 26

Paradox

Answer 26

A statement that appears self contradictory bit reveals some kind of truth.

Question 27

Parallelism

Answer 27

Repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.

Question 28

Anti thesis

Answer 28

Kind of parallelism in which 2 opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.

Question 29

Pathos

Answer 29

Appealing to emotion

Question 30

Lothos

Answer 30

Appealing to mind or logic

Question 31

Ethos

Answer 31

Appealing to ethnic

Question 32

Refrain

Answer 32

Repeated lines

Question 33

End rhyme

Answer 33

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

Question 34

Internal rhyme

Answer 34

Rhyme that occurs within the lines

Question 35

Meter

Answer 35

Stressed an unstressed syllables (regular pattern)

Question 36

Figures of Speech

Answer 36

Describe one thing in terms of another, very different things.

Question 37

Plain style

Answer 37

A way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

Question 38

Archaic

Answer 38

Words what are unused in modern times.

Question 39

Inverted syntax

Answer 39

Sentence structure is reversed from what is expected

Question 40

Hyperbole

Answer 40

Over exaggeration

Question 41

Inference

Answer 41

Educated guess

Question 42

Aphorism

Answer 42

Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

Question 43

Satirize

Answer 43

Using humor to mock and criticize the way things are

Question 44

Persuasion

Answer 44

Form of discourse that uses logical and emotional phrases to convince someone to think or act in a certain way.

Question 45

Paradox

Answer 45

A statement that appears self contradictory bit reveals some kind of truth.

Question 46

Parallelism

Answer 46

Repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.

Question 47

Anti thesis

Answer 47

Kind of parallelism in which 2 opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.

Question 48

Pathos

Answer 48

Appealing to emotion

Question 49

Lothos

Answer 49

Appealing to mind or logic

Question 50

Ethos

Answer 50

Appealing to ethnic

Question 51

Refrain

Answer 51

Repeated lines

Question 52

End rhyme

Answer 52

Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines.

Question 53

Internal rhyme

Answer 53

Rhyme that occurs within the lines

Question 54

Meter

Answer 54

Stressed an unstressed syllables (regular pattern)