Allegory Units 1 and 2

Question 1

Characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas I or qualities

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds that are close together

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

Reference to someone or something that is known

Answer 3

Allusion

Question 4

Deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work

Answer 4

Ambiguity

Question 5

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Answer 5

Analogy

Question 6

Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

Answer 6

Anaphora

Question 7

Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony

Answer 7

Anastrophe

Question 8

Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something

Answer 8

Anecdote

Question 9

Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero

Answer 9

Antagonist

Question 10

Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

Answer 10

Antimetabole

Question 11

Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted

Answer 11

Antithesis

Question 12

Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes

Answer 12

Antihero

Question 13

Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object

Answer 13

Anthropomorphism

Question 14

Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth

Answer 14

Aphorism

Question 15

Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified abstract idea

Answer 15

Apostrophe

Question 16

Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements (often set by a colon)

Answer 16

Apposition

Question 17

The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together

Answer 17

Assonance

Question 18

Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, emphasizing the parts equally

Answer 18

Asyndeton

Question 19

Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance

Answer 19

Balance

Question 20

Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

Answer 20

Characterization

Question 21

Reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says

Answer 21

Indirect Characterization

Question 22

Author tells us directly what the character is like

Answer 22

Direct Characterization

Question 23

Is one who does not change much in the course of a story

Answer 23

Static Character

Question 24

One who changes in some important way as a result of the story’s action

Answer 24

Dynamic Character

Question 25

Only one or two personality traits

Answer 25

Flat Character

Question 26

More dimensions to their personalities

Answer 26

Round Character

Question 27

In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance where the second part os syntactically balanced against the first

Answer 27

Chiasmus

Question 28

Word or phrase that has become lifeless because of overuse

Answer 28

Cliche

Question 29

A word or phrase in everyday use but is inappropriate for formal situations

Answer 29

Colloquialism

Question 30

A story that ends with a happy resolution faced by the main character or characters

Answer 30

Comedy

Question 31

Elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different

Answer 31

Conceit

Question 32

Used to describe poetry that uses intimate material

Answer 32

Confessional Poetry

Question 33

Struggle between opposing forces

Answer 33

Conflict

Question 34

Conflicts can exist between two people

Answer 34

External Conflict

Question 35

Conflict can involve opposing forces within a person’s mind

Answer 35

Internal Conflict

Question 36

Associations that have become attached to a word or phrase, strict dictionary definition

Answer 36

Connotation

Question 37

Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry

Answer 37

Couplet

Question 38

Way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group

Answer 38

Dialect

Question 39

A speaker or writer’s choice of words

Answer 39

Diction

Question 40

Form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral

Answer 40

Didactic

Question 41

A poem of mourning

Answer 41

Elegy

Question 42

Device of repetition the same expression is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line

Answer 42

Epanalepsis

Question 43

A long narrative poem, recounts the deeds of a heroic character

Answer 43

Epic

Question 44

A quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme

Answer 44

Epigraph

Question 45

Device of repetition where the same expression is repeated at the end of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences

Answer 45

Epistrophe

Question 46

An adjective applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality

Answer 46

Epithet

Question 47

A short piece of nonfiction in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject

Answer 47

Essay

Question 48

Four forms of discourse which uses logic, ethics, and emotional appeals to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way

Answer 48

Argumentation

Question 49

Relies more on emotional appeals than on facts

Answer 49

Persuasion

Question 50

Form of persuasion that appeals to reason to convince an audience to think or act in a certain way

Answer 50

Argument

Question 51

Form of argumentation in which the writer claims that one thing results from another

Answer 51

Casual Relationship

Question 52

A form of discourse that uses language to create a mood or emotion

Answer 52

Description

Question 53

Something is explained or “set forth”

Answer 53

Exposition