Finals Literary Terms

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

The repetition of the same consonant sound

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

Giving something non-living (inanimate) human characteristics

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

A gross exaggeration

Question 4

SImile

Answer 4

A comparison of two unlike objects using the words like or as

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

A comparison of two unlike objects using the words is or was

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

A reference an author makes expecting his reader to understand (usually to another piece of lit, art, history or music)

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

The attitude a writer take toward his subject, characters or reader

Question 8

Protagonist

Answer 8

The character in a narrative with whom we sympathize

Question 9

Dramatic Irony

Answer 9

Something the reader/viewer knows that the characters do not

Question 10

Symbol

Answer 10

Anything that stands for or represents something other and greater than itself

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

The person, circumstance or force that conflicts with the protagonists

Question 12

Setting

Answer 12

The time and place that a narrative takes place

Question 13

Theme

Answer 13

The main idea or point that the author tries to express through his work

Question 14

Artistic License

Answer 14

The authors bending of rules in either grammar or reality for an intended effect

Question 15

Foreshadow

Answer 15

The use of hints or clues in a narrative suggesting what is to come

Question 16

Connotation

Answer 16

The emotion or association that a word or phrase may arouse

Question 17

Denotation

Answer 17

The literal or dictionary definition of a word

Question 18

Imagery

Answer 18

Language that appeals to any of the senses

Question 19

Juxtaposition

Answer 19

Going back and forth in time or space within a narrative

Question 20

Conflict

Answer 20

A struggle between two opposing forces in a narrative