Literary Elements

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A work that conveys a hidden meaning, usually moral, spiritual, or political, through the use of symbolic characters and events

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared to each other.

Question 3

Similie

Answer 3

Like metaphors, two unrelated objects are being compared to each other, but unlike metaphors, this is done using the words “like” or “as”

Question 3

The tree is the god of the forest.

Answer 3

Metaphor

Question 4

The tree is like the god of the forest.

Answer 4

Similie

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

An analogy is an argumentative comparison (it compares two unalike things to advance an argument)

Question 6

That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet

Answer 6

Analogy

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

The use of figurative language to describe something

Can come in different forms
-Sight Imagery
-Sound Imagery
-Touch Imager
-Taste Imagery
-Smell Imagery

Question 8

Kinesthetic Imagery

Answer 8

Imagery that moves piece by piece of a larger thing (ex: the tree cooled down as its own leaves rushed against its bark).

Question 9

Symbolism

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Combines a lot of ideas presented in metaphor and imagery

Question 10

A white dove is an example of a (_) for peace

Answer 10

symbol

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

Giving human attributes to nonhuman objects. In many cases, it fosters empathy in your readers.

Question 12

Hyperbole

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The use of over-dramatic language for emphasis

Question 13

Irony

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When a write describes something by using opposite language.

Question 14

Like most bureaucrats, she felt boundless love for her job, and was eager to share that good feeling with others.

Answer 14

Bureaucrats have mundane hobs and often have very little impact on others, so to describe her job with such loving terms is ironic

Question 15

Juxtaposition

Answer 15

The placement of contrasting ideas next to each other, often to produce an ironic or thought provoking effect.

Question 16

Paradox

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A paradox is a juxtaposition of contrasting ideas that, while seemingly impossible, actually reveal a deeper truth

Question 17

I hate and I love.

Answer 17

Paradox

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

Literary reference.

Question 19

Ekphrasis

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A poem or story that is directly inspired by another piece of art.

Question 20

Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like the noice it describes

Question 21

Wham! Bham! Pop!

Answer 21

Onomatopoeia

Question 22

Pun

Answer 22

A literary device that plays with the sounds and meanings of words.

Question 23

Alliteration

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The reputation of an initial sound in words that are close together

Question 24

But when a Boy and Barefoot

Answer 24

Alliteration

Question 25

Anachronism

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A historically inaccurate detail in a literary work

Question 26

Anagram

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A word or phrase that can be spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

Question 27

Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences or clauses

Question 27

Antagonist

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The bad guy

Question 28

Antihero

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A protagonist who lacks heroic qualities such as integrity, courage, or morality.

Question 29

Antithesis

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Comparison of two opposite items

Question 30

Aphorism

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A brief, memorable statement that captures a broad, universal truth

Question 31

Archetype

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Common structure repeated in many stories

Question 32

Assonance

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds within words and phrases

Question 33

Blank verse

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Poetry or prose that does not rhyme but has a consistent meter.

Question 34

Caesura

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A pause in the middle of a line of poetry or verse, sometimes marked by punctuation

Question 35

Characterization

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Any of the various techniques used by an author to reveal the traits a character to the reader

Question 36

Chiasmus

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A figure pop speech in which one phrase is followed by another inverts its grammatical construction.

Question 36

Cinquain

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A five-line stanza or five line patterned poem

Question 36

Climax

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The point of highest tension in a story, in which the main conflict is faced and ultimately resolved

Question 37

Conflict

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The central struggle that influences a story/plot

Question 38

Consonance

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The repetition of one or more consonant sounds in words that are close together, such as a single sentence or line of poetry.

Question 38

Couplet

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A pair of consecutive lines of poetry that form a complete thought.

Question 39

Diction

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The word choice of a writer or speaker

Question 40

Double Entendre

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A figure of speech with two possible interpretations

Question 41

Dramatic Irony

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One or more characters in a story remain unaware of plot developments that have already been revealed to the audience.

Question 42

Elegy

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A poem or Sony of lamentation written in honor of a deceased person

Question 43

Ellipsis

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A device used to omit details from a narrative

Question 44

Enjambment

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The technique of breaking a line of verse In the middle of a phrase so that the phrase continues on the next line without a natural pause between the lines.

Question 45

Epigram

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A brief, witty, satirical statement that is generally memorable on account of paradoxical.

Question 46

Epilogue

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A concluding section or speech at the end of a literary work, often used to provide closure.

Question 47

Epithet

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A descriptive phrase that accompanies or replaces the name of a charechter or thing.

Question 48

Euphemism

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A figure of speech that softens an unpleasant or offensive idea by substituting a polite phrase instead.

Question 49

Exposition

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The introduction of background information necessary for the reader or audience to make sense of a story

Question 50

Falling Action

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The part of a story's plot immediately following the climax, leading to its resolution

Question 51

Foot

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Unit of meter in poetry

Question 52

Foil

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A character whose traits contrast with those of the protagonist or another main character, thereby highlighting some aspect of that character

Question 53

Foreshadowing

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A detail in a literary work that hints at events that will occur later, often to create suspense or expectation.

Question 54

Hero

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the Protagonist.

Question 55

Idiom

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A commonly used figurative speech with a meaning that differs from its literal meaning.

Question 56

Litotes

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A figurate device consisting of an ironic understatement in which a positive statement is made negative by the opposite

Question 57

Malapropism

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A misuse/mispronunciation of a word or phrase, often in the form of a word being replaced with a similar sounding word.

Question 58

Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which the name of one object or concept is substituted for something else that is closely related to it

Question 59

Monologue

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An extended speech given by one speaker or character, either to themselves or others without interruption.

Question 60

Mood

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The emotional atmosphere of a work of literature, as evoked by setting, imagery, word choice, style, and tone.

Question 61

Motif

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The technique of using repetition of an idea, event, phrase, or symbol throughout a literary work to illuminate or expand on an idea.

Question 62

Narrator

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The speaker telling a story