Literary Terms A-F

Question 0

Analogy

Answer 0

a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Question 1

Ethos

Answer 1

the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.

Question 2

Epistrophe

Answer 2

the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

Question 3

Asyndeton

Answer 3

the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.

Question 4

Anecdate

Answer 4

is a short and interesting story or a amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh

Question 5

Analogy

Answer 5

is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. it aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. metaphors and similes are tools used to draw analogy

Question 6

Antithesis

Answer 6

literal meaning opposite is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Antithesis emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted phrases or clauses the structures phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention to the listener or reader