Literary Terms - Tuesday Quiz Flashcards
1
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Situational irony
A
When things turn out differently than expected
2
Q
Dramatic irony
A
Audience knows more than the characters
3
Q
Metaphor
A
One thing representing another
4
Q
Simile
A
Comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”
5
Q
Pun
A
Play on words
6
Q
Personification
A
Giving human qualities to objects
7
Q
Pathetic fallacy
A
Human qualities given to things in nature
8
Q
Alliteration
A
Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
9
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
Words that sounds like its name
10
Q
Assonance
A
Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words
11
Q
Consonance
A
Repetition of consonant sounds in internal or ending parts of neighboring words
12
Q
Cacophony
A
Harsh, discordant sounds
13
Q
Euphony
A
Soft, soothing sounds
14
Q
Caesura
A
A pause or natural break
15
Q
Anastrophe/Inversion/Hyperbaton
A
Inverted syntax
