Literary Terms

Question 1

Persona

Answer 1

Mask or voice assumed by a writer

Question 2

Voice

Answer 2

The writers or speakers distinctive use of language in a text

Question 3

Diction

Answer 3

A writers or speaker choice of words

Question 4

Tone

Answer 4

Attitude a writer tKe toward a subject a character or the audience

Question 5

Theme

Answer 5

Central idea of a work of literature

Question 6

External & internal conflict

Answer 6

Ex- a character struggles against an outside force

In- takes place entirely within a characters minds

Question 7

Symbol

Answer 7

A person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well

Question 8

Aphorism

Answer 8

A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

Question 9

Motif

Answer 9

A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.

Question 10

Simile

Answer 10

Comparing using like or as

Question 11

Metaphor

Answer 11

Makes a hidden comparison between things that aren’t similar in anyway

Question 12

Figurative language

Answer 12

Using figurative speech

Question 13

Imagery

Answer 13

Using figurative language to represent objects in away that appeals to physical senses

Question 14

Rhyme scheme

Answer 14

Order pattern of lines

Question 15

Ryhme

Answer 15

Repetition of similar sounding words at the end of lines in poems or songs

Question 16

Foreshadowing

Answer 16

The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot