Other Literary Terms

Question 1

Anachronism

Answer 1

Element in a story that is out of its frame

Question 2

Anecdote

Answer 2

A short and often personal story used to emphasize a point to develop a character or a theme or to injection humor

Question 3

Antecedent

Answer 3

The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers

Question 4

Aphorism

Answer 4

A terse statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle
Folk proverb

Question 5

Archetype

Answer 5

A character situation or symbol that is familiar to people from all cultures because it occurs frequently in literature myth religion or folklore

Question 6

Conceit

Answer 6

A far fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things

Question 7

Connotation

Answer 7

Associations a word calls to mind

Question 8

Enjambment

Answer 8

when the sentence or meaning does stop at the end of the line
Fun I fiver a sentence from one stanza into the next

Question 9

Imagery

Answer 9

Anything that affects the senses

Question 10

Narrative poem

Answer 10

Poem tells a story

Question 11

Parable

Answer 11

A short story illustrating a moral or religious lesson

Question 12

Parody

Answer 12

Comical imitations of a serious piece with the intent of ridiculing the author or his work

Question 13

Pastoral

Answer 13

A poem play or story that celebrates and idealizes the simple life of shepherd and shepherdesses the term portrays life in an idyllic or idealistic way

Question 14

Pathos

Answer 14

Appeals to the readers emotions
Pity
Compassion
Sympathy

Question 15

Pun

Answer 15

Humorous play on words that have several meanings or words that sound the same but have different meanings

Question 16

Satire

Answer 16

The use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcomings and failings of society individuals and institutions often in the hope that change and reform are possible

Question 17

Allusion

Answer 17

Reference in literature or in art to previous literature, history events or the bible