Lit terms part 2 (identify examples)

Question 1

What is this an example of?
“ The weakest can help the strongest”

Answer 1

Allegory (a generalization about life from a story, which often has a strong moral or lesson)

Question 2

The tortoise and the hare story is an example of _____

Answer 2

an allegory (a generalization about life from a story, which often has a strong moral or lesson)

Question 3

The phrase “chocolate cake is my Achilles heel” is an example of

Answer 3

an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)

Question 4

What is this an example of?
“He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein”

Answer 4

an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)

Question 5

What is this an example of?
“He’s a real Romeo with the ladies”
(bro wtf)

Answer 5

an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)

Question 6

What is this an example of?
“She’s as blind as a bat.”

Answer 6

an analogy
(a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)

Question 7

What is this an example of?
Finding that lost dog will be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Answer 7

Analogy (a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)

Question 8

What is this an example of?
Time is money

Answer 8

Analogy (a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)

Question 9

Voldemort is an example of an _______

Answer 9

antagonist (person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work)

Question 10

What type of conflict is this?
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort

Answer 10

person vs. person (one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the characters)

Question 11

What type of conflict is this?
Skywalker vs. Darth Vader

Answer 11

person vs. person (one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the characters)

Question 12

What type of conflict is this?
Katniss Everdeen vs. oppressive government

Answer 12

society vs person (a character has a problem with some element of society: the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things)

Question 13

What type of conflict is this?
Characters struggling to chose someone from a love triangle

Answer 13

person vs self (a character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation)

Question 14

What type of conflict is this?
Character vs. tornado

Answer 14

person vs nature (a character has a problem with nature: heat, cold, a tornado, an avalanche, or any other element of nature)

Question 15

What type of conflict is this?
Macbeth vs. prophecy

Answer 15

person vs fate (a character must battle what seems to be an uncontrollable problem. can be attributed to fate or an act of God)

Question 16

What type of language is this?
BP - medical abbreviation for Blood Pressure
FX - medical abbreviation for bone fracture

Answer 16

Jargon (specialized language used by a particular group)

Question 17

What type of literature is this?
“John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” describes a religious and spiritual journey of a man on the way to deliverance”

Answer 17

Didactic ( instructs or presents a moral or religious statement)

Question 18

The Odyssey is an _______

Answer 18

epic (a long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero)

Question 19

What are these examples of:
Alexander the Great
Material Girl
Ms. Know it All

Answer 19

Epithet (a word or phrase used in place of a person’s place; it is a characteristic of that person)

Question 20

The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of a ______

Answer 20

fable (A short fictional narrative that teaches a lesson. It usually includes animals that talk and act like people)

Question 21

What are these examples of:
Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.
No pain, no gain.
Out of sight, out of mind.

Answer 21

Antithesis (An opposition of ideas)

Question 22

What is this an example of
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse

Answer 22

hyperbole (an exaggeration or overstatement)

Question 23

What are these examples of:
Her eyes were diamonds.
He is a shining star
The snow is a white blanket

Answer 23

metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (like or as) is used)

Question 24

What is this an example of
“We will swear loyalty to the crown”

Answer 24

metonymy (the substituting of one word for another related word) (crown stands for royal)

Question 25

What is this an example of
“The trees whispered among themselves”

Answer 25

personification (a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as if it were a human)

Question 26

What is this an example of
Sly like a fox
Cool as ice

Answer 26

simile (comparison between 2 things using like or as)

Question 27

What type of character is Banquo in relation to Macbeth?

Answer 27

A foil character (Someone who serves as a contrast or challenge to another character)

Question 28

What are these examples of?
Awfully good
Bittersweet
Original copy

Answer 28

oxymorons (combination of contradictory terms)