Lit. Terms 2

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

A reference to a person, thing, event, situation, etc./// (the team has been in a batting slump but will live like the Phoenix) (Phoenix in mythology rises from its ashes to rejuvenate and begin again)

Question 2

Anachronism

Answer 2

Placing a person or event out of history context/// ( George Washington was driven by limo to the inauguration)

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases of clauses/// ( MLK Jr. - I have a dream speech)

Question 4

Allegory

Answer 4

A narrative in which the characters, behavior, and even the setting demonstrate multiple levels of meaning and significance; universal symbol/// (Cupid=chubby angel with a bow and arrows) (Humpty Dumpty= French Revolution)

Question 5

Anastrophe

Answer 5

inverted word order for emphasis (yoda talk)/// (glistens the dew upon the morning grass)

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

The brief narration of a Single event or incident

Question 7

Anthropomorphism

Answer 7

Giving human emotion and attributes to an animal or abstract things/// (my cat cried all day because I left)

Question 8

Antithesis

Answer 8

The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structures, or ideas/// to err is human to forgive is divine

Question 9

Aphorism

Answer 9

A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief///spare the rod and spoil the child

Question 10

Archetype

Answer 10

A symbol, theme, setting, or character type that recurs in different times and places in types of literature/// The quest, dissent to the underworld, death and rebirth

Question 11

Asyndeton

Answer 11

A structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series (veni, vidi, vici)

Question 12

Catharsis

Answer 12

The process by which an unhealthy emotional state is corrected and emotional health is restored

Question 13

Chiasmus

Answer 13

A figure of speech and generally is syntactical structure where the order of the terms in the first half of clause is reversed in the second half/// you can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy

Question 14

Cliché

Answer 14

Trite phrase that has become overused/// there’s no place like home

Question 15

Climax

Answer 15

The point in the story where the problem is resolved in one way or another

Question 16

Colloquial

Answer 16

The direction of the common, ordinary folk, especially in a specific region or area/// y’all

Question 17

Conflict

Answer 17

The struggle between two opposing forces

Question 18

Connotation

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The emotional shading society puts a word which somewhat alters the meaning/// House and home

Question 19

Convention

Answer 19

And excepted mentor, Model or tradition

Question 20

Couplet

Answer 20

Pair of successive rhyming lines of poetry with the same meter

Question 21

Denotation

Answer 21

The dictionary definition of a word

Question 22

Dialect

Answer 22

The language and speech Idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group/// yall and you all

Question 23

Diction

Answer 23

authors word choice

Question 24

Elegy

Answer 24

A poem or prose work that meditates upon the death of a person

Question 25

Ellipses

Answer 25

The omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary can be deduced from the context/// “hey Ethan…. I made my own quote”

Question 26

Erid rhyme

Answer 26

Simple rhyming of words at the end of lines

Question 27

Epic

Answer 27

A long poem about the ventures of gods or hero///. The odyssey

Question 28

Epitaph

Answer 28

Writing a phrase of a dead person most often is inscribed upon a headstone

Question 29

Essay

Answer 29

Prose work that presents a point of view

Question 30

Euphemism

Answer 30

In indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information/// passed away vs. died

Question 31

Flashback

Answer 31

Interruption to show a previous happening

Question 32

Foil

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A character whose traits are the opposite of another/// Batman and Joker

Question 33

Foreshadowing

Answer 33

A hint at future action

Question 34

Free verse

Answer 34

A type of poetry without a fixed pattern of rhyme

Question 35

Genre

Answer 35

Form of literary work