Lit Terms And Vocab Quiz 4

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

Question 2

Characterization

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

Question 5

Pastoral

Answer 5

a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life

Question 6

Personification

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes

Question 7

Synecdoche

Answer 7

a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part

Question 8

Syntax

Answer 8

a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought

Question 9

Ambivalent

Answer 9

having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action

Question 10

Deftly

Answer 10

dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever

Question 11

Ineffectual

Answer 11

not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect

Question 12

Instinctive

Answer 12

of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct

Question 13

Skewed

Answer 13

to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course