Lit Terms

Question 1

metonymy

Answer 1

the substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing meant, ex: suit for business executive, track for horse racing

Question 2

apostrophe

Answer 2

In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation “O”. A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech. http://literarydevices.net/apostrophe/

Question 3

pathetic fallacy

Answer 3

Pathetic fallacy is a literary device that attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate objects of nature. The word “pathetic” in the term is not used in the derogatory sense of being miserable; rather, here, it stands for “imparting emotions to something else”. http://literarydevices.net/pathetic-fallacy/

Question 4

Appositive

Answer 4

a noun or word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it

Ex: “We were waiting outside the condemned cells, a row of sheds fronted with double bars, like small animal cages.” (A Hanging by George Orwell)
the condemned cells - a row of sheds

Question 5

synaesthesia

Answer 5

the merging of two different senses, such as “wall-eyed with the din of battle”

Question 6

oxymoron

Answer 6

noun

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).