H-P vocabulary terms

Question 1

a figure speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect

Answer 1

hyperbole

Question 2

The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase

Answer 2

inversion

Question 3

where a character thinks, one thing is true, but the audience knows better

Answer 3

dramatic irony

Question 4

takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen, and what really does happen

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situational irony

Question 5

where normally unassociated ideas, are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit

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juxtaposition

Question 6

is a form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form

Answer 6

Litotes

Question 7

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without the use of such specific words of comparison, as like, as, then, or resembles

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metaphor

Question 8

A figure of speech in which a noun is referred to by something closely associated with it

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metonymy

Question 9

the reasons for a character’s behavior

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motivation

Question 10

short story teaching a moral about how to lead a good life

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parable

Question 11

statement appearing self-contradictory, but revealing a kind of truth

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paradox

Question 12

omniscient/all-knowing narrator tells the story, also using 3rd person pronouns

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omniscient point of view

Question 13

A narrator who is totally impersonal, and objective, tells the story, with no comment on any character or events

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Objective point of view

Question 14

The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

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parallel structure

Question 15

Central character who initiates action

Answer 15

protagonist