Figurative and Literature term

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A story or picture with a hidden meaning

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Occurrence of same letter or sound at the beginning of a word spanning across adjacent words

Question 3

Anecdote

Answer 3

A story with a point

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

The reuse of a word or phrase to emphasize

Question 5

Anthropomorphism

Answer 5

Where a non-human being does human actions (ex. garfield)

Question 6

Satire

Answer 6

Use of humor to ridicule somebody

Question 7

Simile

Answer 7

Using like or as to compare two things

Question 8

Imagery

Answer 8

Visually descriptive words

Question 9

Situational Irony

Answer 9

Where something was not expected to happen

Question 10

Verbal Irony

Answer 10

Where the character’s words are the opposite of what they actually feel

Question 11

Dramatic Irony

Answer 11

Where the reader knows something the character does not

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

Comparing two things by saying one is literally the other

Question 13

Mood

Answer 13

Atmosphere that is presented to the reader

Question 14

Tone

Answer 14

The attitude the narrator creates

Question 15

Refrain

Answer 15

A repeat of a group of lines in a poem usually

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

Statements that seem to have contradictory meanings

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

An extreme exaggeration