Literary Terms 6

Question 1

Define PERIPHRASIS

Answer 1

Use of excessive language and surplus words to convey a meaning that could otherwise be conveyed with fewer words, in a more direct manner.

Question 2

Define PERSONIFICATION

Answer 2

Attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.

Question 3

Define PLOT

Answer 3

The sequence of events and happenings to make up a story, usually a pattern, unintended or intentional to threat it together.

Question 4

Define POINT OF VIEW

Answer 4

The manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story.

Question 5

Define POLYSYNDERTON

Answer 5

The process of using conjunctions/ connecting words frequently in a sentence, placed very close to one another.

Question 6

Define PORTMANTEAU

Answer 6

Joining two or more words in order to create an entirely new word.

Question 7

Define PROLOGUE

Answer 7

An introduction to a story that usually sets the tone and acts as a bit of a backgrounder into the story.

Question 8

Define PUNS

Answer 8

A word is used in a manner to suggest two or more possible meanings - create humour or irony.

Question 9

Define RHYME SCHEME

Answer 9

Rhyming words placed at the end of the lines in the prose or poetry - the order in which the words rhyme.

Question 10

Define RHYTHM & RHYME

Answer 10

A pattern of rhymes that is created by using words that produce the same, or similar sounds - reoccurrence of similar sounds - create musical effect.

Question 11

Define SATIRE

Answer 11

Making fun of a human weakness/ character flaw.

Question 12

Define SETTING

Answer 12

Identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story.