Lit Terms Pt. 3

Question 1

A conversation between characters

Answer 1

Dialogue

Question 2

Change in normal word order

Answer 2

Inversion

Question 3

Words or phrases used in everyday conversation or informal writing, which are usually considered innapropriate for a formal essay

Answer 3

Colloquialisms

Question 4

The special language of a profession or group

Answer 4

Jargon

Question 5

Uses words in their ordinary senses; the opposite of fig. language

Answer 5

Literal language

Question 6

Speech by one character in a play, story, or poem

Answer 6

Monologue

Question 7

All knowing third person narrator; knows what all characters think & feel

Answer 7

Omniscient narrator

Question 8

Use, more than once, of any element of language ; a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence

Answer 8

Repetition

Question 9

Pen name or alias; fictitious name assumed by writer who wished to remain anonymous or who chooses not to use her/his real name professionally

Answer 9

Pseudonym

Question 10

Change from one tone, attitude, etc. ; key words: but, however, even though, although

Answer 10

Rhetorical shift

Question 11

Type of irony in which person apperas to be praising something but is actually insulting it

Answer 11

Sarcasm

Question 12

Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses

Answer 12

Sensory language

Question 13

Word, phrase, or attitude that has double or even multiple meanings, resulting in multiple interpretations

Answer 13

Ambiguity

Question 14

Authors viewpoint regarding his subject matter; can usually be detected in author’s tone

Answer 14

Attitude

Question 15

Portion of written work that interrupts or pauses the development of the theme or plot

Answer 15

Digression

Question 16

Conclusion the reader can draw based upon details presenting by the author

Answer 16

Inference

Question 17

Technique that allows reader to see what makes up a character’s consciousness or mind

Answer 17

Stream of consciousness

Question 18

Any form of literature that blends ironic humor and wit with criticism directed at a particular folly, vice, or stupidity; seeks to correct, improve, or reform through ridicule

Answer 18

Satire

Question 19

Art of using words effectively in writing or speaking so as to influence or persuade

Answer 19

Rhetoric

Question 20

Short entertaining account of some happening, frequently personal or biographical

Answer 20

Anecdote

Question 21

Citation of information from people recognized for their special knowledge of a subject for the purpose of strengthening a speaker or writer’s argument

Answer 21

Appeal to authority

Question 22

Statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it

Answer 22

Mon sequitur

Question 23

Short story fron which a lesson may be drawn

Answer 23

Parable

Question 24

Physical description of persons or places

Answer 24

Spatial organization

Question 25

Author starts in the middle and uses the techniques of flashback and foreshadowing

Answer 25

In Media Res organization

Question 26

Question asked fir rhetorical effect to emphasize a point, no answer being expected

Answer 26

Rhetorical question

Question 27

Organization of information using spatial cues such as top to bottom, left to right, etc

Answer 27

Spiral ordering

Question 28

Order in which ideas are presented

Answer 28

Organization

Question 29

Order in which events take place

Answer 29

Chronological organization

Question 30

One event brings about another

Answer 30

Cause and effect organization

Question 31

Uses of language that departs fron customary constriction, order, or significance

Answer 31

Figures of speech