Literary Terms

Question 1

Conversations held by the characters

Answer 1

Dialogue

Question 2

A play; tragedies and comedies

Answer 2

Drama

Question 3

One character who acts as a contrast to another character

Answer 3

Foil

Question 4

A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken in the presence of other characters

Answer 4

Monologue

Question 5

A figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas

Answer 5

Oxymoron

Question 6

Humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time

Answer 6

Pun

Question 7

A speech, usually lengthy, in which a character, alone on stage, expresses his or her thoughts out loud

Answer 7

Soliliquy

Question 8

A literary work in which the central character meets an unhappy or disastrous end

Answer 8

Tragedy

Question 9

Anything written in sentences

Answer 9

Prose

Question 10

Brief story used to make a point

Answer 10

Anecdote

Question 11

Statement that seems to be contradictory but is really true

Answer 11

Paradox

Question 12

A book of a persons memories about part of his life

Answer 12

Memoirs

Question 13

Writing that makes fun of something in order to reveal a weakness

Answer 13

Satire

Question 14

An expression that means something different from the literal meaning of each word

Answer 14

Idiom

Question 15

Dictionary definition

Answer 15

Denotation

Question 16

Emotions that are attached to words

Answer 16

Connotation

Question 17

A short, witty saying that sometimes ends with a paradox

Answer 17

Epigram

Question 18

A short statement or truth

Answer 18

Aphorism

Question 19

Poem written at someone’s death

Answer 19

Elegy

Question 20

Something nice said about the dead at a funeral

Answer 20

Eulogy

Question 21

A short remark usually directed to the audience

Answer 21

Aside