Literary Terms

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of a sound at the beginning of words

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

the mention of something the reader may know to develop meaning

Question 3

analogy

Answer 3

comparison of one thing known to one thing unknown to develop understanding

Question 4

anaphora

Answer 4

repetition at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row

Question 5

anastrophe

Answer 5

inversion of parts of a sentence; parts of a sentence rearranged in an unusual order

Question 6

antimetabole

Answer 6

repetition of words in successive clauses, with reverse order in the second clause

Question 7

antithesis

Answer 7

contrasting using parallel structure

Question 8

antihero

Answer 8

a central character that lacks hero qualities

Question 9

anthropromorphism

Answer 9

giving something human characteristics

Question 10

aphorism

Answer 10

brief statement of truth

Question 11

epigram

Answer 11

brief statement of truth

Question 12

maxim

Answer 12

brief statement of truth

Question 13

apostrophe

Answer 13

talking to something that can’t respond

Question 14

chiasmus

Answer 14

the repetition of words in successive clause, with the inversion of words in the second clause

Question 15

assonance

Answer 15

repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of words

Question 16

consonance

Answer 16

repetition of a consonant sound in the middle of words