Literary Terms #1

Question 1

the use of informal words or phrases

Answer 1

colloquialism

Question 2

using the same pattern of words or similar grammatical structure to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

Answer 2

parallelism

Question 3

repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants

Answer 3

assonance

Question 4

a figure of speech in which the order of the terms in the first of two parallel clauses is reversed in the second

Answer 4

chiasmus

Question 5

attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object

Answer 5

anthropomorphism

Question 6

repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences or clauses in a row

Answer 6

anaphora

Question 7

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

Answer 7

euphemism

Answer 8

flashback

Answer 9

litotes

Answer 10

malapropism

Answer 11

hyperbole

Answer 12

alliteration

Answer 13

allusion

Answer 14

metonymy

Answer 15

pathetic fallacy

Answer 16

anastrophe

Answer 17

synecdoche

Answer 18

portmanteau

Answer 19

simile

Answer 20

aphorism