English III Literary Terms 1-18

Question 1

Antithesis

Answer 1

Absolute opposite

Question 2

Juxtaposition

Answer 2

Placing two things close together to achieve contrasting effect either directly or indirectly

Question 3

Parallel Structure

Answer 3

Two or more clauses, phrases, or words w/ similar grammatical form and length

Question 4

Humor

Answer 4

To make the reader laugh; induces laughter and amusement

Question 5

Repetition

Answer 5

Uses the same words or phrases to make a point

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

The repetition of initial consonants or stressed syllables

Question 7

Metaphor

Answer 7

Direct comparisons between two unrelated objects

Question 8

Simile

Answer 8

Compares two unrelated things using like or as

Question 9

Invective

Answer 9

Insulting, abusive, derogatory or highly critical language

Question 10

Foreshadowing

Answer 10

An advance hint as what is to come

Question 11

Flashback

Answer 11

Moves the reader from the present to the past

Question 12

Anaphora

Answer 12

When a certain word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of clauses or sentences that follow each other

Question 13

Direct Address

Answer 13

Makes it clear to whom the messages meant by using the name or pronouns to refer to a person or group

Question 14

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 14

Gives emphasis used to persuade the reader to the author’s view point

Question 15

Direct References

Answer 15

Are often encapsulated in metaphors; is a word/phrase used in a non-literal sense to stand for something else

Question 16

Allegory

Answer 16

A deeper meaning, usually to point out political events, social issues, mythological stories, and abstract ideas

Question 17

Irony

Answer 17

Situation in which there is a contrast between expectations and reality; the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning

Question 18

Dramatic Irony

Answer 18

When the author and reader are aware of something that a character isn’t

Question 19

Situation Irony

Answer 19

What really happens does not match what was expected

Question 20

Verbal Irony

Answer 20

A statement in which what is said is different than what is meant

Question 21

Comic Irony

Answer 21

Irony used to create a comic effect

Question 22

Satire

Answer 22

Uses humor and exaggeration

Question 23

Parody

Answer 23

To imitate the techniques and/or styles of some person, place, or thing

Question 24

Exaggeration

Answer 24

To enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal absurd bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen

Question 25

Incongruity

Answer 25

To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

Question 26

Reversal

Answer 26

To present the opposite of the normal order