English Literary Terms

Question 1

Repitition of similar sounds

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

Opposition to the main character (i.e. Voldermort)

Answer 2

Antagonist

Question 3

To release the stress and tenseness of a scene

Answer 3

comic relief

Question 4

Opposition

Answer 4

conflict

Question 5

When a character describes a memory or an event prior to the scene

Answer 5

flash back

Question 6

Two characters who are opposite in personality (i.e. Tybalt and Benvolio)

Answer 6

foil character

Question 7

Foretelling something (hints and clues)

Answer 7

foreshadowing

Question 8

An exageration

Answer 8

hyperbole

Question 9

Contrast beween what is said and what a character means

Answer 9

irony

Question 10

A comparison of two unlike things without like or as

Answer 10

Metaphor

Question 11

Words that represent the object (i.e. moo-cow)

Answer 11

onomatopoeia

Question 12

Opposite words (i.e. jumbo shrimp)

Answer 12

oxymoron

Question 13

Repeating grammatical structure

Answer 13

parallelism

Question 14

When objects or animals are given human qualities

Answer 14

personification

Question 15

A play on words

Answer 15

pun

Question 16

The sequence of events of a literary work

Answer 16

plot

Question 17

The main character

Answer 17

protagonest

Question 18

The time and place of a literary work

Answer 18

setting

Question 19

Comparing to unlike things using like or as

Answer 19

simile

Question 20

A long speech a character gives when others do not respond. Many times this character is alone.

Answer 20

soliloquy

Question 21

A long speech that a character gives when other characters do respond.

Answer 21

monologue

Question 22

When a character whispers to himself or speaks just to the audience and no other characters respond

Answer 22

aside

Question 23

The main lesson being taught to the audience or reader

Answer 23

theme

Question 24

When an event or book is reffered to

Answer 24

allusion

Question 25

Not giving credit to the author or a literary work

Answer 25

plagiarism