Lit Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Question 3

Apostrophe

Answer 3

an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong

Question 5

Blank Verse

Answer 5

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Question 6

Cliche

Answer 6

a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought

Question 7

Consonance

Answer 7

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions

Question 8

Dialect

Answer 8

a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group

Question 9

Dialogue

Answer 9

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Question 10

Enjambment

Answer 10

(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.

Question 11

Figurative Language

Answer 11

uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

Question 12

Free Verse

Answer 12

poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 14

Imagery

Answer 14

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Question 15

Irony

Answer 15

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Question 16

Metaphor

Answer 16

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Question 17

Meter

Answer 17

the rhythm of a piece of poetry, determined by the number and length of feet in a line

Question 18

Mood

Answer 18

a temporary state of mind or feeling.

Question 19

Narrative poem

Answer 19

form of poetry that tells a story, often making use of the voices of a narrator and characters

Question 20

Onomatopoeia

Answer 20

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Question 21

Oxymoron

Answer 21

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 22

Personification

Answer 22

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 23

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 23

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse..

Question 24

Simile

Answer 24

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 25

Sonnet

Answer 25

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 26

Symbol

Answer 26

a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

Question 27

Tone

Answer 27

the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc

Question 28

Rhythm

Answer 28

a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound