Lit Terms Test 2

Question 0

Idiom

Answer 0

An expression that cannot be understood by its literal meaning

Question 1

Hypothetical question

Answer 1

A question not well supported by evidence

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

The pattern of images that are the verbal equivalents of sense experience in a text

Question 3

Imperative

Answer 3

Noting or pertaining to the mood of a verb used in commands (Go!, Listen!)

Question 4

Implication

Answer 4

A suggestion an author of speaker makes without stating it directly, author implies’ reader infers

Question 5

Inductive reasoning

Answer 5

Deriving from general principles from particular facts or instances

Question 6

Inference

Answer 6

A conclusion one draws based on premise or evidence

Question 7

Invective

Answer 7

An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning, or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually happened

Question 9

Jargon

Answer 9

The specialized language or vocabulary of a particular group of profession

Question 10

Legend

Answer 10

A story rooted in fact but which has been elaborated over time so that it is largely fictional

Question 11

Limerick

Answer 11

Light verse consisting or five lines of regular rhythm

Question 12

Limited narrator

Answer 12

Third person narration seen through the eyes of a single character

Question 13

Literary license

Answer 13

Deviating from normal rules or methods in order to achieve certain effects

Question 14

Litotes

Answer 14

A type of under statement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite

Question 15

Malapropism

Answer 15

The mistaken substitution of one word for another that sounds similar

Question 16

Maxim

Answer 16

A concise statement, often offering advice

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

A direct comparison of two different things

Question 18

Metonymy

Answer 18

Substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it

Question 19

Mood

Answer 19

The emotional atmosphere of a literary work, the reDers experience

Question 20

Motivation

Answer 20

A characters reason for behaving in a certain manor

Question 21

Myth

Answer 21

A traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that explain natural events

Question 22

Narrative

Answer 22

A story or literary work

Question 23

Narrator

Answer 23

One who tells the story

Question 24

Non sequitur

Answer 24

An inference that does not follow logically from the premises (does not follow)