Literay Terms

Question 1

Diction

Answer 1

A word choice intended to convey a certain effect

Question 2

Foreshadowing

Answer 2

Use of hints in a narrative to suggest future action

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

Intensional exaggeration for effect

Question 4

Hyperbole example

Answer 4

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

Question 5

Verbal irony

Answer 5

(sarcasm) occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite

Question 6

Verbal irony example

Answer 6

It is easy to stop smoking. I’ve done it many times

Question 7

Situational irony

Answer 7

When a situation turns out differently from one would normally expect though often if is oddly appropriate

Question 8

Situational irony example

Answer 8

A deep sea diver drowning in a bathtub

Question 9

Dramatic irony

Answer 9

When a character says something that has different meanings from what they think though the audience knows what’s up

Question 10

Dramatic irony example

Answer 10

Oedipus curses the murderer of Laius, not realizing that he is himself the murderer and so is cursing himself