literary techniques

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

-the repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity in a line of poetry or prose

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

-a reference to a person, place or thing that has a literary, historical, artistic, geographical, mythological, or scriptural significance

Question 3

Dialogue

Answer 3

-the quoted conversation of two or more people providing details about the characters and their situation

Question 4

Enjambment

Answer 4

in poetry, the continuation of a sentence from one line to the next

Question 5

Foreshadowing

Answer 5

hinting by the author of events to come in a literary work

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

-a figure of speech employing obvious exaggeration.

Question 7

Imagery

Answer 7

References the author makes that relates to our five senses: visual, tactile, auditory, thermal, gustatory, kinesthetic, olfactory.

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

-verbal: words that are intended to mean the exact opposite of
what is stated (not to be confused with sarcasm, which is a tone of
voice often accompanying verbal irony
-situational: an unexpected turn of events, the opposite of what
would be a conventional or appropriate outcome

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

-a figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of like or as (implied comparison)

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

-the juxtaposition of two seemingly contradictory ideas that contain some truth

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

-use of similar language, structures, events or ideas in different parts of a text for the purpose of emphasis or comparison and contrast

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

a figure of speech in which a non-human object is described as human

Question 13

Repetition

Answer 13

-the use of a specific word, structure or phrase several times to emphasize a particular idea

Question 14

Rhyme

Answer 14

-the repetition of similar or duplicate sounds in two or more words at the end of or within a line of poetry

Question 15

Rhythm

Answer 15

-the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed beats or sounds in poetry or prose

Question 16

Simile

Answer 16

-a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as (stated comparison)

Question 17

Suspense

Answer 17

The psychological tension or anxiety resulting from the reader’s uncertainty of just how a situation or conflict is likely to end. It makes the reader want to find out what happens.

Question 18

Symbolism

Answer 18

-the use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas