literary terms #2

Question 1

antithesis

Answer 1

strongly contrasted words, clauses, sentences, or ideas

Question 2

aphorism

Answer 2

concise statement, principle, or precept in pointed words

Question 3

apostrophe

Answer 3

someone or something is directly addressed as though present

Question 4

apposition

Answer 4

two or more coordinate elements where one is a qualification of the first

Question 5

archetype

Answer 5

stereotypical image, descriptive detail, plot pattern, or character type

Question 6

aside

Answer 6

direct address to the audience, unheard by the others onstage, revealing the character s innermost thoughts and feelings

Question 7

assonance

Answer 7

repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds

Question 8

asyndeton

Answer 8

series without conjunctions

Question 9

atmosphere

Answer 9

prevailing mood

Question 10

autobiography

Answer 10

person’s life story written by that person

Question 11

balance

Answer 11

parts of a sentence contain the same length and same word order for equal importance

Question 12

ballad

Answer 12

narrative poem or song

Question 13

bildungsroman

Answer 13

novel dealing with the development of a young person

Question 14

`biography

Answer 14

person’s life story written by another

Question 15

black Humor/Comedy (Tragic comedy/Tragicomedy)

Answer 15

use of dark comedy in modern
literature

Question 16

blank verse

Answer 16

unrhymed poetry usually in iambic pentameter

Question 17

bombast

Answer 17

ranting, insincere, and extravagant language

Question 18

bon mot

Answer 18

witty saying

Question 19

byronic hero

Answer 19

antihero who is a romanticized, dark character

Question 20

cacophony

Answer 20

unpleasant combination of sounds