Lit Terms 3

Question 1

Hubris

Answer 1

Greek word meaning extreme pride

Question 2

Idiom

Answer 2

Expression having special meaning, not clear from the usual meaning of words in the expression/// fly off the handle/// on pins and needles

Question 3

Imagery

Answer 3

The use of words to represent things, actions, or ideas by sensory description (must appeal to a sense)

Question 4

Imply

Answer 4

Verb – implication. noun- to indicate directly

Question 5

Infer

Answer 5

Verb – inference. Noun – a conclusion drawn from the information given

Question 6

In medias res

Answer 6

Latin for “in the middle of things”. The tale begins in the middle of the action

Question 7

Internal rhyme

Answer 7

Rhyming of words within a line of poetry

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

Contrast between actual meanings and the suggestion of another meaning

Question 9

Verbal irony

Answer 9

Saying one thing and mean another

Question 10

Situational irony

Answer 10

When the reader nor character expect the action

Question 11

Dramatic irony

Answer 11

When the audience knows something that the character doesn’t know

Question 12

Isocolon

Answer 12

Parallel structure in which parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure but in length

Question 13

Jargon

Answer 13

Specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group

Question 14

Juxtaposition

Answer 14

The location of one thing adjacent to another to create an effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose/// light vs dark

Question 15

Malapropism

Answer 15

Mistaken substitution of one word for another word that sound similar

Question 16

Maxim

Answer 16

A concise statement often offering advice

Question 17

Mood

Answer 17

Overall climate of a piece

Question 18

Palindrome

Answer 18

A word or line that reads the same backwards as it does forward

Question 19

Plot

Answer 19

Sequence of actions and events in a literary work

Question 20

Point of view

Answer 20

Narrative perspective from which events in a story or novel are told

Question 21

First person point of view

Answer 21

Narrator tells everything in his or her own words// I, me, my

Question 22

Third person point of view

Answer 22

Events are related by a voice outside the action not one of the characters

Question 23

Third person omniscient

Answer 23

Narrator is an all-knowing, objective observer who stands outside the action and reports with different characters are thinking

Question 24

Pun

Answer 24

A play on words usually using homonyms

Question 25

Setting

Answer 25

The time and place in which the action occurs

Question 26

Syllepsis

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Construction in which one word is used in two different senses/// he threw the ball, he threw a fit

Question 27

Symbolism

Answer 27

Use of one object, entity, etc. to suggest another

Question 28

Syntax

Answer 28

Arrangement of words

Question 29

Theme

Answer 29

Central idea or ideas the writer intend to share with the reader

Question 30

Tone

Answer 30

The writers attitude towards the subject and audience

Question 31

Homily

Answer 31

A sermon, or serious talk, speech, or lecture including morals