Definitions Flashcards
“A speech in which a speaker reveals his or her thoughts to the audience of another character.” This is the definition of what?
a. Drama
b. Monologue
c. Soliloquy
d. Satire
b. Monologue
“A speech in which a speaker expresses his thoughts to himself/herself, and it does not involve other characters.” This is the definition of what?
a. Satire
b. Drama
c. Soliloquy
d. Monologue
c. Soliloquy
“Genre of comedy ridiculing human faults as vanity, hypocrisy, stupidity, and greed. The aim is to evoke laughter, to expose and criticize, and to poke fun of stereotypes, works of literature and mythology, political figures, current events, etc.” This is the definition of what?
a. Monologue
b. Proverbs
c. Epigram
d. Satire
d. Satire
“A clever saying in either verse or prose.” This is the definition of what?
a. Epigram
b. Aphorism
c. Satire
d. Proverbs
a. Epigram
“A terse saying on a serious subject.” This is the definition of what?
a. Satire
b. Monologue
c. Aphorism
d. Proverbs
c. Aphorism
“The end.” This is the definition of what?
a. Climax
b. Denouement
c. Exposition
d. Falling action
b. Denouement
“Interrupts the chronological order of the storyline by moving into the past and in order to tell of the past.” This is the definition of what?
a. Subplot
b. Foreshadowing
c. In media res
d. Flashback
d. Flashback
“Beginning a narration not in chronological order, with the first event in the plot at some later point.” This is the definition of what?
a. In media res
b. Flashback
c. Foreshadowing
d. Subplot
a. In media res
“Coming of age.” This is the definition of what?
a. Flashback
b. Epiphany
c. Bildungsroman
d. Denouement
c. Bildungsroman
“Author’s use of literary techniques and favorite themes.” This is the definition of what?
a. Figurative language
b. Signature style
c. Bildungsroman
d. Literal languages
b. Signature style
“Gives human qualities to an animal, thing, or concept.” This is the definition of what?
a. Synecdoche
b. Personification
c. Metonymy
d. Pathetic fallacy
b. Personification
“Fallacy that ‘nature can sympathize with or feel pathos for human moods and concerns.’” This is the definition of what?
a. Pathetic fallacy
b. Personification
c. Synecdoche
d. Metonymy
a. Pathetic fallacy
“Using a part to imply a whole.” This is the definition of what?
a. Metaphor
b. Pathetic fallacy
c. Synecdoche
d. Metonymy
c. Synecdoche
“A renaming by using a closely-related term.” This is the definition of what.
a. Pathetic fallacy
b. Allegory
c. Metonymy
d. Irony
c. Metonymy
“A form of understatements where a point is affirmed by negating its opposite.” This is the definition of what?
a. Hyperbole
b. Oxymoron
c. Paradox
d. Litote
d. Litote
“A point is stated by deliberate circumlocution, rather than directly to cushion embarrassing/shameful effect.” This is the definition of what?
a. Periphrasis
b. Idiom
c. Slang
d. Understatement
a. Periphrasis
“The substitution of an inoffensive term for an openly offensive one.” This is the definition of what?
a. Understatement
b. Litote
c. Periphrasis
d. Euphemism
d. Euphemism
“Addressing some absent person or thing or directly addressing an inanimate object.” This is the definition of what?
a. Idiom
b. Apostrophe
c. Periphrasis
d. Euphemism
b. Apostrophe
“Intentional repetition of words or phrase at the beginning of successive lines, stanzas, sentences, or paragraphs.” This is the definition of what?
a. Antithesis
b. Chiasmus
c. Anaphora
d. Anecdote
c. Anaphora
“Words or phrases that are parallel in order and syntax in order to express opposite or contrasting meanings.” This is the definition of what?
a. Anaphora
b. Anecdote
c. Chiasmus
d. Antithesis
d. Antithesis
“Two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous (comparable) words.” This is the definition of what?
a. Chiasmus
b. Antithesis
c. Anecdote
d. Anaphora
a. Chiasmus
“The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure, or that restate a similar idea.” This is the definition of what?
a. Repetition
b. Parallelism
c. Narrative
d. Juxtaposition
b. Parallelism
“Placing any of the elements of literature in stark contrast with itself.” This is the definition of what?
a. Juxtaposition
b. Parallelism
c. Repetition
d. Narrative
a. Juxtaposition
“A noun or phrase that describes or equates with a nearby noun or pronoun.” This is the definition of what?
a. Fragments
b. Ellipsis
c. Anaphora
d. Appositive
d. Appositive
