Literary devices

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

A story or a poem where characters stand for other people. Ex: Lord of the flies

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of consonant sounds. Ex: Delightful duck

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

A reference to something famous or well known from history

Question 4

Ambiguity

Answer 4

An event that can have two or more meanings or that can be interpreted in more than one way

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

A comparison

Question 6

Anecdote

Answer 6

A brief story about an individual

Question 7

Antagonist

Answer 7

The character against the protagonist

Question 8

Antithesis

Answer 8

A person, thing or idea in direct opposition of each other

Question 9

Antihero

Answer 9

A main character who lacks the traditional qualities of a hero

Question 10

Anthropomorphism

Answer 10

Attributing human characteristics to an animal or object

Question 11

Aphorism

Answer 11

Brief, cleverly worded observation about life

Question 12

Apostrophe

Answer 12

The calling out to an absent person

Question 13

Aside

Answer 13

A character who speaks directly to the audience their thoughts, the other characters are incapable of hearing what they are saying

Question 14

Assonance

Answer 14

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 15

Characterization

Answer 15

The process of an author when they reveal the characteristics of a character.

Question 16

Static character

Answer 16

Character that does not change throughout the story.

Question 17

Dynamic character

Answer 17

Character that changes throughout the story

Question 18

Flat character

Answer 18

Character with only one or two personality traits

Question 19

Round character

Answer 19

Character who is complex with more than two personality traits

Question 20

Stock Character

Answer 20

Stereotypical character

Question 21

Cliche

Answer 21

A phrase that is so popular and overused

Question 22

Colloquialism

Answer 22

Conversational/informal writing

Question 23

Comedy

Answer 23

A story with a happy resolution

Question 24

Conflict

Answer 24

The struggle between two characters or a character to the world in a story.

Question 25

External conflict

Answer 25

Person to person, person to nature or person to technology

Question 26

Internal conflict

Answer 26

Conflict within a person's mind

Question 27

Connotation

Answer 27

The associations attached to a word that aren't necessarily the dictionary definition of the word.

Question 28

Couplet

Answer 28

Two consecutive rhyming lines in a poem

Question 29

Dialect

Answer 29

The way of speaking in a certain geographical area

Question 30

Diction

Answer 30

The author's choice of words in a story

Question 31

Didactic

Answer 31

A story with a specific lesson or moral to provide the "proper" way of behaving or thinking.

Question 32

Epigraph

Answer 32

A quote at the beginning of a story suggestive of the theme.

Question 33

Epiphany

Answer 33

Moment of realization

Question 34

Epithet

Answer 34

An adjective applied to a person many times throughout the story to emphasize the quality.

Question 35

Fable

Answer 35

A short story with a practical lesson

Question 36

Farce

Answer 36

A comedy with far fetched situations.

Question 37

Figurative language

Answer 37

Words that are inaccurate if they are interpreted literally

Question 38

Flashback

Answer 38

Something that happened in earlier times

Question 39

Foil

Answer 39

A character who acts in contrast to another character

Question 40

Foreshadowing

Answer 40

When you can tell what's going to happen based on hints and clues

Question 41

Hyperbole

Answer 41

An exaggeration

Question 42

Imagery

Answer 42

When the author describes a picture of a person place or thing

Question 43

Irony

Answer 43

When the opposite of what you think is going to happen happens

Question 44

Verbal irony

Answer 44

When someone says something but means the opposite

Question 45

Dramatic irony

Answer 45

When the audience or threader knows better

Question 46

Juxtaposition

Answer 46

When words are placed next to one another

Question 47

Metaphor

Answer 47

A comparison not using like or as

Question 48

Conceit metaphor

Answer 48

Elaborate metaphor

Question 49

Implied metaphor

Answer 49

When the metaphor does not state clearly the terms of the comparison

Question 50

Extended metaphor

Answer 50

A metaphor that is extended

Question 51

Dead metaphor

Answer 51

A metaphor that has been used too often

Question 52

Mixed metaphor

Answer 52

A metaphor that mixes its terms so its visually or imaginatively incompatible.

Question 53

Mood

Answer 53

The atmosphere that the author creates in the story

Question 54

Motif

Answer 54

A recurring image or sentence throughout the story

Question 55

Motivation

Answer 55

The reasons for the behaviour of a character

Question 56

Onomatoepia

Answer 56

Sounds like "pop" or "zap"