Literary Terms 31-40

Question 1

two or more words that are spelled and pronounced alike but are different in meaning

Answer 1

homonym

Question 2

two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning and spelling

Answer 2

homophones

Question 3

a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. often has a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often produces irony at the same time.

Answer 3

hyperbole

Question 4

a word or group of words used in a sense different from the literal meaning

Answer 4

idiom

Question 5

thoughts that come to us as pictures or imagined sensations. The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.

Answer 5

imagery

Question 6

a technique in which the normal order of words is altered. used for emphasis and variety. also used it for more technical reasons; to create endrhymes or to accommodate a given meter

Answer 6

inversion

Question 7

a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens

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irony

Question 8

occurs when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means something completely different

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verbal irony

Question 9

occurs when there is a contradiction between what we expect to happen and what really does take place (or when there is a contrast between what would seem appropriate and what really happens)

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situational irony

Question 10

occurs when the audience or the reader (or even another character) knows something important that a character in a play or story does not know

Answer 10

dramatic irony

Question 11

the specialized or technical language of a trade or profession

Answer 11

jargon

Question 12

a ludicrous or humorous misuse of a word

Answer 12

malapropism