ELA 10-1 Literary Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A reference to a famous person or text

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

Show me similarities between two unlike thinks

Question 3

Anthropomorphism

Answer 3

Giving animals, gods or objects human qualities

Question 4

Antithesis

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Opposite an idea or character that starkly contrasts with one another

Question 5

Archetype

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The character of structure that is typically well known

Question 6

Cacophony

Answer 6

The the use of harsh sounding words or letters often used to convey anger

Question 7

Consonance

Answer 7

Repeating the same sounds at the ending of words placed next to each other

Question 8

Cliche

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A phrase or idea that has lost its impact from overuse

Question 9

Euphony

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A series of musically pleasant sounds convey a sense of harmony and beauty

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

An exaggeration

Question 11

Idiom

Answer 11

A word of phrase that has meaning beyond the literal words

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Words that create a picture in one’s mind

Question 13

Inference

Answer 13

Meaning beyond what is directly stated

Question 14

Metaphor

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Comparing things without like or as

Question 15

Mood

Answer 15

the viewers feelings towards the story

Question 16

Onomatopoeia

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Sound effects to enhance event

Question 17

Oxymoron

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Put in contradictory words together

Question 18

Paradox

Answer 18

A phrase or idea that seems contradictory

Question 19

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 19

Attributing human characteristics to non-human things

Question 20

Personification

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Connecting human traits to inanimate objects

Question 21

POV

Question 22

Pun

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Humor that comes from homophones

Question 23

Rhyme

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The repetition of ending sounds

Question 23

Repetition

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Repeating the same word or phrase to create a effect

Question 24

Setting

Answer 24

Where and when a story takes place

Question 25

Simile

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A comparison using like or as

Question 26

Situational irony

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When the outcome is the opposite than what was expected

Question 27

Subject

Answer 27

What topics the story involve

Question 28

Synecodoche

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Using part of something to represent a whole

Question 29

Theme

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The message that the author wants to convey

Question 30

Verbal irony

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When something is said but the opposite is meant

Question 31

Verisimilitude

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Giving the appearance of being real or true

Question 32

Symbolism

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The object or event that takes on a meaning greater than itself

Question 32

Voice

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The tone, dictation, and language used a piece of text

Question 33

Apostrophe

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When the speaker prevents dialogue to something or nothing

Question 34

Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds close together

Question 35

Juxtaposition

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Putting two opposite things together to highlight a difference

Question 36

Rhythm

Answer 36

The way that a poem is paced