Literary Terms G-M

Question 0

The major category into which a literary work fits

Answer 0

Genre

Question 1

refers to traditions for each genre

Answer 1

Generic Conventions

Question 2

literally ‘sermon’, or any serious speech or talk providing moral or spiritual advice

Answer 2

Homily

Question 3

a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

Answer 3

Hyperbole

Question 4

the sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions

Answer 4

Imagery

Question 5

the draw a reasonable conclusion from the info presented

Answer 5

Infer

Question 6

an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language

Answer 6

Invective

Question 7

the contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant

Answer 7

Irony

Question 8

words literally state the opposite of what was expected

Answer 8

Verbal Irony

Question 9

events turn out the opposite of what was expected

Answer 9

Situational Irony

Question 10

is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are in succesion in order to achieve an artistic effect. Polysyndetion examples are found in literature and in day-to-day conversation.

Answer 10

Polysyndeton