Literary Terms

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A figure of speech comparing two things using “like” or “as”

Question 2

Climax

Answer 2

The point of highest interest

Question 3

Allusions

Answer 3

A reference that was indirect. Allusions use well known terminology

Ex: he’s taller than a giraffe
Vs
He’s taller than my aunts wardrobe

Question 4

Symbol

Answer 4

A thing representing something abstract

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

Beginning of two of more words with the same sound

Question 6

Denouement

Answer 6

Unraveling of a dramatic plot; a solution

Question 7

Metonymy

Answer 7

Name substitution of a part to address it as a whole ex: all HANDS on deck
How many HEAD of cattle

Question 8

Mood

Answer 8

The fleeting emotion in a literary piece

Question 9

Theme

Answer 9

Underlying universal message

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

Giving inanimate objects human traits

Question 11

Introduction

Answer 11

Giving the reader the setting and characters

Question 12

Understatement

Answer 12

Calling something less than it is

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

An extreme exaggeration

Question 14

Metaphor

Answer 14

When a term is transferred to something it does not literally apply to

Question 15

Magical realism

Answer 15

A genre where the unbelievable becomes believable

Question 16

Setting

Answer 16

Time AND place of a story

Question 17

Falling action

Answer 17

After the climax, before the end. Conflicts are being resolved here.

Question 18

Onomatopoeia

Answer 18

A word that represents a sound

Sizzle crack boom drip

Question 19

Rising action

Answer 19

Leading to the climax

Question 20

Conflict

Answer 20

Struggle, trial of strength

Person vs person 
Person vs self
Person vs technology 
Person vs society 
Person vs nature 
Person vs authority

Question 21

Rhetorical question

Answer 21

A question not expecting an answer

Question 22

Bias

Answer 22

The predisposition of the writer

Question 23

Repetition

Answer 23

Repeating words or phrases to give emphasis

Question 24

Irony

Answer 24

Humorous way of expressing direct opposite of what is really meant

Question 25

Denotation

Answer 25

The dictionary definition of a word

Question 26

Connotation

Answer 26

A meaning associated with a word’s emotional connection. There is positive and negative connotation, as well as neutral connotation.

Question 27

Complication

Answer 27

A difficulty, a problem, an obstacle

Question 28

Protagonist

Answer 28

Leading character in a literary work

Question 29

Antagonist

Answer 29

Against the protagonist ; an adversary