Lit Terms 3

Question 1

Ambiguity

Answer 1

Suggests two or more different, sometimes conflicting meanings in a work. “Each of us saw her duck”

Question 2

Balance

Answer 2

Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance. “She doesn’t like washing clothes or doing homework”

Question 3

Characterization

Answer 3

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

Question 4

Indirect Characterization

Answer 4

Tells us about the characterization through thoughts an dialogues

Question 5

Allegory

Answer 5

Story or poem I’m which people or things stand for abstract ideas: Animal Farm (the government)

Question 6

Direct Characterization

Answer 6

Just tells us about the character

Question 7

Static Character

Answer 7

Doesn’t change much during the story

Question 8

Colloquialism

Answer 8

a word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.
Example: “He’s out of his head if he thinks I’m gonna go for such a stupid idea.

Question 9

Couplet

Answer 9

two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry.

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

Word choice

Question 11

Epigraph

Answer 11

quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme. “Beginning of Gatsby”

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person , a thing, a place, or an experience.

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

discrepancy between appearances and reality.