Literary Terms

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to something or someone

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of same letter or sound at beginning

Question 3

Analogy

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Comparison between two things

Question 4

Antecedent

Answer 4

Part of a sentence later replaced by a pronoun

Question 5

Archetype

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Something reoccuring throughout literature

Question 6

Epilogue

Answer 6

An event which concludes the story

Question 7

Euphemism

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Pleasent word used in place of an unpleasant word

Question 8

Hyperbole

Answer 8

Exaggerated statements

Question 9

Irony (Verbal, Situational, Dramatic)

Answer 9

Verbal: someone says opposite of what’s expected
Situational: something happens opposite to what’s expected
Dramatic: audience knows something character dosen’t

Question 10

Juxtaposition

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Placing two words side to side to show a contrasting effect

Question 11

Mood/Atmosphere

Answer 11

Mood: mood of writing
Atmosphere: feeling the writing conveys

Question 12

Oxymoron

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Self contradicting words

Question 13

Paradox

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Self contradicting statement

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Parallelism

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Repeating of the same gramafic structure to provide balance

Question 15

Soliloquy

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A character thinking outloud

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Stock Character

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Character possessing stereotypical qualities

Question 17

Symbolism

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Using a symbol in literary work

Question 18

Allegory

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Literature or art with hidden meaning or moral behind if

Question 19

Apostrophe

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Addressing a person who is not there of personified object

Question 20

Assonance

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Repetition of sound of a vowel in non-rhyming sylables

Question 21

Cacophony

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A harsh mixture of sounds

Question 22

Connotation

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The feeling that a word implies

Question 23

Consonance

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Repetition of constant sounds

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Denotation

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Literal meaning of a word

Question 25

Dissonance

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A distruption of harmonic sounds to convey abruptness

Question 26

Enjambment

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Sentence continuing without pause into the next line

Question 27

Ethos

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Credibility or ethical appeal

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Euphony

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Bringing pleasent feelings in literary work

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Extended Metaphor

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Metaphor extending over multiple lines

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Foil

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Character contrasting with second character to highlight differences

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Logos

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Logically appealing to audience

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Malaprophism

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Humorous misuse of similar sounding word

Question 33

Metonymy

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Substituting name of attribute for the thing meant

Question 34

Motif

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Distinct feature or dominant idea constantly reinforced

Question 35

Parody

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Imitation of style of a particular piece or writer

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Pathos

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Characteristics causing reader or audience to feel sympathy

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Satire

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Criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way

Question 38

Vertisimilitude

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Aspect of story portraying reality to make plot convincing

Question 39

Anticlimax

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Disappointing resolution to suspenseful conflict

Question 40

Black Humor

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Discussing serious subjects using comedy

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Caricature

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Over exaggeration of personality

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Cosmic Justice

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Concept that every one is punished for their bad deeds

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Elegy

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A poem or reflection

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Existentialism

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Emphasis on individual existence, freedom, and choice. Questioning human existence

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Hubris

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Arrogance and excessive pride

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Nemesis

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Poetic justice, where people are judged based on deeds

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Overstatement

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Describing something powerfully

Question 48

Pathetic fallscy

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Attribution of human feelings to inanimate objdcts

Question 49

Requiem

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Composition in honour of the dead

Question 50

Understatement

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Something states as less important than it is

Question 51

Internal and external conflict

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Internal: character struggling with themselves External: character struggling with outside forces

Question 52

Initial incident

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Event in story setting main characters on journey

Question 53

Static vs Dynamic

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Static: character not undergoing change Dynamic: character undergoing change

Question 54

Critisism

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Analysis or judgement of literature