Literary Devices

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

several words in the same line which all begin with the same letter or sound.

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

literary device that makes passing references to a book, play movie, song and myths

Question 3

antagonist

Answer 3

a person who opposes or is hostile especially to main character.

Question 4

assonance

Answer 4

a repetition of vowel sounds in any part of a word.

Question 5

caesura

Answer 5

a long pause or break between words

Question 6

consonance

Answer 6

repetition of consonant sounds

Question 7

context

Answer 7

background information of what’s happening

Question 8

couplet

Answer 8

2 consecutive rhyming lines

Question 9

foreshadowing

Answer 9

Dropping hints about something thats going to happen in a story before it actually occurs

Question 10

free verse

Answer 10

the name given to poetry that doesnt use a meter or rhyme scheme

Question 11

genre

Answer 11

type/category of book or film

Question 12

haiku

Answer 12

a Japanese type of poem that consists of three lines with 5 syllables in the first line and 7 in the second and 5 in the third.

Question 13

hubris

Answer 13

excessive ego and pride and arrogance leading to downfall

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point

Question 15

irony

Answer 15

occurs when events or words that are opposite of what expected. (situational, dramatic,verbal)

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

a comparison without using like or as

Question 17

meter

Answer 17

a beat or rhythm within a line of poetry

Question 18

motif

Answer 18

repeated pattern that reoccurs in a story

Question 19

onomatopoeia

Answer 19

words that are spelled as they sound
(boom, buzz, doom)

Question 20

paradox/oxymoron

Answer 20

two opposites that go together (bitter/sweet)

Question 21

personification

Answer 21

figure of speech giving human characteristics to a non-human object

Question 22

protagonist

Answer 22

the leading character/hero in a story

Question 23

pseudonym

Answer 23

a name that writers use instead of there real own name.

Question 24

satire/parody

Answer 24

a humorous or mocking imitation of something or someone

Question 25

simile

Answer 25

a comparison using like or as

Question 26

monologue

Answer 26

a long speech made by a character in a film,play or book

Question 27

sonnet

Answer 27

a fixed form of poetry containing 14 lines

Question 27

stanza

Answer 27

A series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem

Question 28

symbol

Answer 28

something used to represent something important

Question 29

theme

Answer 29

the main message or lesson of the story