Literary Terms

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

word choice / words

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

over-exaggeration

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

repetition of vowel sounds in words or phrases

Question 4

Foreshadowing

Answer 4

when the text gives clues to what may occur in the future

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

time and place

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

words that imitate sounds

Question 7

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 7

when the weather mimics the mood

Question 8

Syntax

Answer 8

the way in which words are put together to make sentences or paragraphs

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

this feeling is often created by the setting

Question 10

Verbal irony

Answer 10

this type of irony is known as sarcasm

Question 11

Characterization

Answer 11

the development of a character or multiple characters

Question 12

Tactile imagery

Answer 12

imagery that relates to touch

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

means opposites

Question 14

Situational irony

Answer 14

this type of irony includes a plot twist

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

a comparison not using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 16

Personification

Answer 16

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

Question 17

Visual imagery

Answer 17

this type of imagery relates to seeing

Question 18

Conflict

Answer 18

there are two types: internal and external

Question 19

Connotation

Answer 19

what we think of when we hear a word

Question 20

Theme

Answer 20

the central message of the text

Question 21

Olfactory imagery

Answer 21

this type of imagery relates to smelling

Question 22

Gustatory imagery

Answer 22

this type of imagery relates to taste

Question 23

Genre

Answer 23

means ‘category’ or ‘type’

Question 24

Simile

Answer 24

a comparison using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’

Question 25

Alliteration

Answer 25

the repetition of consonant sounds in words or phrases

Question 26

Style

Answer 26

distinctive characteristics

Question 27

Dramatic irony

Answer 27

irony when the reader or the audience knows more than the character(s)

Question 28

Juxtaposition

Answer 28

placing two things side by side for an effect

Question 29

Flashback

Answer 29

when the text or character refers to an event that already occurred

Question 30

Auditory imagery

Answer 30

this type of imagery relates to hearing

Question 31

Exposition

Answer 31

beginning of the story

Question 32

Rising action

Answer 32

establishing characters and introducing conflict

Question 33

Climax

Answer 33

when the main conflict is resolved

Question 34

Falling action

Answer 34

wrapping characters and events up

Question 35

Denouement

Answer 35

ending of a story