Literary Terms

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

Comparison using like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Comparison without using like or as

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

The repetition of consonant sounds in a line

Question 4

Symbolism

Answer 4

An object that represents a deeper and greater idea or meaning

Question 5

Juxtaposition

Answer 5

The placement of two different ideas or things next to each other for comparison and contrast

Question 6

Allegory

Answer 6

The setting and every single character symbolizes a greater idea, theme, or moral

Question 7

Enjambment

Answer 7

a form of verse that functions as one run-on sentence

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

The authors attitude towards the subject he’she is writing about

Question 9

Mood

Answer 9

The way a piece or writing makes the reader feel

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

Word Choice

Question 11

Syntax

Answer 11

Structure of a piece or writing: the arrangement of words, paragraphs, stanzas, and punctuation in a piece of writing

Question 12

Couplet

Answer 12

two lines that rhyme

Question 13

Hyperbole

Answer 13

An exageration

Question 14

Apostrophe

Answer 14

A direct reference to someone dead or not in existence or an abstract idea

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

a reference to another literary work, historical figure, or even

Question 16

Assonace

Answer 16

repetition of vowel sounds in a line or sentence

Question 17

Cosonance

Answer 17

Words that flow together and are pleasant sounding

Question 18

Connotation

Answer 18

The feeling asociated with a word, or the meaning that society has placed on it

Question 19

Denotation

Answer 19

The literal dictionary definition of the word