Lit Terms 2

Question 0

Short statement expressing a truth

Answer 0

Aphorism

Question 1

Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

Extended metaphor

Answer 2

Conceit

Question 3

Explains the outcome of the conflict

Answer 3

Resolution

Question 4

Written or spoken expression

Answer 4

Discourse

Question 5

Sad, mournful poem

Answer 5

Elegy

Question 6

Short, witty saying

Answer 6

Epigram

Question 7

Quote or motto at the beginning of a work

Answer 7

Epigraph

Question 8

Descriptive phrase substituted for a thing/person, can be pejorative

Answer 8

Epithet

Question 9

Lesson with animals

Answer 9

Fable

Question 10

Type of writing/art that relates impressions of the author rather than reality

Answer 10

Impressionism

Question 11

Contrast between appearance and reality

Answer 11

Irony

Question 12

Object substituted for meaning of related concept

Answer 12

Metonymy

Question 13

Words whose sounds relay their meaning

Answer 13

Onomatopoeia

Question 14

Ability to call forth feeling of pity, compassion

Answer 14

Pathos

Question 15

Figure of speech in which part is substituted for the whole

Answer 15

Synecdoche

Question 16

Informal conversation of a region

Answer 16

Colloquialism

Question 17

A technique of denying the opposite of what you mean to say

Answer 17

Litotes

Question 18

Main clauses put at the end of a sentence for emphasis

Answer 18

Periodic construction

Question 19

Use of a verb to suggest two totally different meanings

Answer 19

Syllepsis