Literary Terms

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).

Question 4

Ambiguity

Answer 4

deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- - this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work.

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Question 6

story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities

Answer 6

Allegory

Question 7

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Answer 7

Alliteration

Question 8

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).

Answer 8

Allusion

Question 9

deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work. An event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way- - this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it is vagueness, and detracts from the work.

Answer 9

Ambiguity

Question 10

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Answer 10

Analogy