Lit Terms (Up To Couplet)

Question 1

Allison

Answer 1

Reference in literature to other stuff.

Question 2

Anachronism

Answer 2

Element in a story that is out of it’s time frame; could be for humor or due to poor research

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

Clarifies/explains unfamiliar concept, object, etc.

Question 4

Anapest

Answer 4

Poetic foot that follows pattern unaccented, unaccented, accented. Trying to convey a rolling, licking, moving rhythm.

Question 5

Anecdote

Answer 5

Short and often personal story used to emphasize a point, develop character, add humor

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

Force against goals of protagonist. Often villain, but can be good guy.

Question 7

Antecedent

Answer 7

Word of phrase to which pronoun refers

Question 8

Anticlimax

Answer 8

Often disappointing, sudden end to intense situation.

Question 9

Antihero

Answer 9

Protagonist who carries action of literary piece but does not embody classic characteristics of courage, strength, and nobility.

Question 10

Aphorism

Answer 10

A terse statement that expressed a general truth or moral principle; sometimes considered folk proverb.

Question 11

Apostrophe

Answer 11

Rhetorical figure of direct adders to a person, object, or abstract entity

Question 12

Apotheosis

Answer 12

Elevating someone to the level of a god.

Question 13

Archetype

Answer 13

Character, situation, or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in lot, myth, religion, or folklore

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

Repeated use of a vowel sound (how now brown cow)

Question 15

Aubade

Answer 15

A poem or song about lovers who must leave one another in early hours of the morning.

Question 16

Ballad

Answer 16

Folk song or poem passed down orally that tells a story which may be derived from an actual incident or form legend or folklore.

Question 17

Blank verse

Answer 17

I rhymed poetry; used by Shakespeare.

Question 18

Cacophony

Answer 18

Harsh, discordant sounds, unpleasant to eat (ex: nails against chalk board)

Question 19

Carpe Diem

Answer 19

Seize the day

Question 20

Catharsis

Answer 20

Refers to emotion cleansing or feeling of relief

Question 21

Colloquial

Answer 21

Of or relating to slang or regional dialect, used in familiar every day conversation.

Question 22

Conceit

Answer 22

Far-fetched comparison between to seemingly unlike things

Question 23

Consonance

Answer 23

Same consonant sound in words with different vowel sounds (work, stack, ark)

Question 24

Conventional Character

Answer 24

Character with traits that are expected or traditional.

Question 25

Couplet

Answer 25

Two successive rhyming liked of the same number of syllables, with matching cadence

Question 26

Alliteration

Answer 26

Repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other (big, bad, barking dog)