Semester Exam Review

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

Repetition of sound of a vowel close to the same sound usually in poetry

Question 2

Epic simile

Answer 2

Long comparison in an epic

Question 3

Epithet

Answer 3

Names given to characters in an epic and what they are known for

Question 4

Irony

Answer 4

Expression that signifies the opposite of what it actually is

Question 5

Satire

Answer 5

Mockery or ridicule using humor irony of exaggeration

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

Reference to something biblical, historical, or famous

Question 7

Denotation

Answer 7

Dictionary meaning of a word

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

Idea or feeling a word invokes

Question 9

Allegory

Answer 9

Story poem or picture with a hidden meaning

Question 10

Hubris

Answer 10

Excessive pride or self confidence

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

Same sentence structure throughout

Question 12

Antithesis

Answer 12

Person or thing that is opposite another person or thing

Question 13

Animetabole

Answer 13

Figure of speech where first half is repeated I reverse order in the second half

Question 14

Sentence structure

Answer 14

The way a sentence is grammatically arranged

Question 15

Literary analysis

Answer 15

How literary devices function to create meaning

Question 16

Analogy

Answer 16

Comparison

Question 17

Snapshots

Answer 17

Deliberate repetition of the first part of a different sentence

Question 18

Appositive

Answer 18

Word or noun phrase is placed after another to modify its meaning

Question 19

Hyperbole

Answer 19

Exaggeration

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

Comparison without like or as

Question 21

Metonymy

Answer 21

Calling something by another name

Question 22

Onomatopoeia

Answer 22

Sound word

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

Opposite ideas put together

Question 24

Simile

Answer 24

Comparing with like or as

Question 25

Alliteration

Answer 25

Occurrence of same letter or sound at the beginning of two or more close words