Lit Terms and Vocab Quiz 2

Question 1

Central conflict

Answer 1

The main problem of a story

Question 2

Contextualize

Answer 2

the background, environment, setting, framework, or surroundings of events or occurrences

Question 3

Dramatic Shift

Answer 3

N/A

Question 4

Elevated diction

Answer 4

High level word choice for an educated audience

Question 5

Characterization

Answer 5

a literary device that is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story

Question 6

Foreshadow

Answer 6

a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

Question 7

Stream of consciousness

Answer 7

a method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters

Question 8

Symbol

Answer 8

used to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense

Question 9

Affluence

Answer 9

The state of having a great amount of wealth

Question 10

Aloof

Answer 10

at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart

Question 11

Anticipate

Answer 11

to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee

Question 12

Apprehension

Answer 12

anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil

Question 13

Austere

Answer 13

severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding

Question 14

Deferential

Answer 14

showing deference; deferent; respectful

Question 15

Discord

Answer 15

lack of concord or harmony between persons or things

Question 16

Enhance

Answer 16

to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify

Question 17

Evoke

Answer 17

to call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.)

Question 18

Impropriety

Answer 18

the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness

Question 19

Oblivious

Answer 19

unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to)

Question 20

Ritual

Answer 20

an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite

Question 21

Skeptical

Answer 21

inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt

Question 22

Stridency

Answer 22

making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

Question 23

Trepidation

Answer 23

tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation

Question 24

Tumultuous

Answer 24

full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar