literary devices

Question 1

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 1

alliteration

Question 2

A reference explicit or implicit to another piece of literature or to a historical event

Answer 2

allusion

Question 3

a point by point comparison

Answer 3

analogy

Question 4

a typical character in action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature

Answer 4

archetype

Question 5

A figure of speech which there is an obvious and intentional exaggeration

Answer 5

hyperbole

Question 6

A phrase or mixed expression that has figurative or something literal meaning and is unique to a language

Answer 6

idiom

Question 7

The formation of mental images figures are likenesses of things or of such images collectively

Answer 7

imagery

Question 8

A figure of speech in which a contradiction or incongruity exists between what is expected and what actually occurs

Answer 8

irony

Question 9

an imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing

Answer 9

metaphor

Question 10

The substitution of the name of an attribution of adjunct

Answer 10

metonymy

Question 11

A form of the word of sound associated with is called

Answer 11

onomatopoeia

Question 12

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect

Answer 12

oxymoron

Question 13

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

Answer 13

paradox

Question 14

repeated syntactical similarities introduce for rhetorical effect

Answer 14

parallelism

Question 15

A figure of speech where human attributes are given to inanimate objects

Answer 15

personification

Question 16

the humorous use of a word of phrase so as to emphasize or suggests it different meanings

Answer 16

pun

Question 17

The repetition of a word phrase or sentence to emphasize and idea or make an idea clear

Answer 17

repetition for effect

Question 18

A figure of speech that creates a different comparison between two different objects or animals, usually using the word “like” or “as”

Answer 18

simile

Question 19

A letter group of letters character or picture that is used instead of a word or group of words

Answer 19

symbol

Question 20

The presentation of something as being smaller worse or less important

Answer 20

understatement

Question 21

A story in which the characters and events are symbols that represent an abstract idea or historical events through the symbols the author reveals a larger message typical of you know or political one

Answer 21

allegory

Question 22

The underlying meaning or central idea of a narrative the lesson of universal truth it may be stated or implied

Answer 22

theme

Question 23

The sequence of related events that make up a story

Answer 23

plot

Question 24

central problem that affects the protagonists

Answer 24

conflict

Question 25

The writers hints and clues that suggest future events

Answer 25

foreshadowing

Question 26

the main character (hero)

Answer 26

protagonist

Question 27

character who stands in direct conflict to help protagonists

Answer 27

antagonist