Vocab Quiz 1

Question 1

apostrophe

Answer 1

when a speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn’t present in the poem.

Question 2

assonance

Answer 2

the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

Question 3

asyndeton

Answer 3

a device used to intentionally eliminate conjunctions

Question 4

chiasmus

Answer 4

a device in which two or more clauses are reversed in order to produce an artistic effect.

Question 5

consonance

Answer 5

repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

Question 6

ellipsis

Answer 6

a literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event

Question 7

epistrophe

Answer 7

the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences.

Question 8

extended metaphor

Answer 8

a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

Question 9

aphorism

Answer 9

a truthful observation

Question 10

appositive

Answer 10

when a noun identifies another noun

Question 11

climax

Answer 11

the turning point of a narrative work when its at its highest tension

Question 12

euphemism

Answer 12

words used in place of words that are deemed too harsh or direct

Question 13

hyperbole

Answer 13

exaggerated claims