Literary devices part 2

Question 1

Oxymoron

Answer 1

The opposite “jumbo shrimp”

Question 1

Parable

Answer 1

A short story about a moral or lesson to lead a good life

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

Self-contradictory

Question 3

Parallel structure

Answer 3

the repetition of similar grammatical sounds

Question 4

Parody

Answer 4

Something that makes fun of another work

Question 5

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 5

When the weather reflects the mood

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

When an object is given human characteristics

Question 7

Plausibility

Answer 7

Whether or not a story is believable

Question 8

Plot

Answer 8

The events/storyline

Question 9

Exposition

Answer 9

Introduces characters, situation and setting

Question 10

Rising action

Answer 10

conflict and situations

Question 11

Climax

Answer 11

The turning point

Question 12

Resolution

Answer 12

The conclusion of the story

Question 13

Point of view

Answer 13

The vantage point from which the author tells the story.

Question 14

1st person pov

Answer 14

the protagonist tells the story

Question 15

omniscient pov

Answer 15

All knowing narrator, can tells us everything about many characters

Question 16

omniscient limited pov

Answer 16

Unknown narrator, can only tell the feelings of one character

Question 17

Protagonist

Answer 17

central character

Question 18

pun

Answer 18

play on words

Question 19

Rhythm

Answer 19

rise and fall of the voice

Question 20

Rhetoric

Answer 20

effective communication

Question 21

rhetorical question

Answer 21

a question asked for effect

Question 22

Romance

Answer 22

a successful story

Question 23

Satire

Answer 23

the shortcomings

Question 24

Setting

Answer 24

time and place

Question 25

Simile

Answer 25

like or as

Question 26

Soliloquy

Answer 26

a long speech

Question 27

Stereotype

Answer 27

a fixed idea or conception

Question 28

Stream of consiousness

Answer 28

inner characters mind

Question 29

Style

Answer 29

Diction, tone, and syntax

Question 30

Suspense

Answer 30

A feeling of uncertainty

Question 31

Symbol

Answer 31

A person place or thing that stands for something more than itself.

Question 32

Syntactic fluency

Answer 32

Variety of sentence structure

Question 33

Tall tale

Answer 33

Outrageously exaggerated, humorous story

Question 34

Theme

Answer 34

Insight about human life

Question 35

Tone

Answer 35

Attitude

Question 36

Tragedy

Answer 36

Unhappy end

Question 37

Understatement

Answer 37

Less than what is meant

Question 38

Unity

Answer 38

Unified

Question 39

Universal

Answer 39

applied to most people