Test terms

Question 1

Abstract

Answer 1

denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object

Question 2

Act

Answer 2

the traditional way playwrights break up the action of a play

Question 3

Ad hominem

Answer 3

appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect

Question 4

Alliteration

Answer 4

is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature

Question 6

Antagonist

Answer 6

the principal opponent or foil of the main character

Question 7

Appeal to Authority

Answer 7

when someone makes a claim on the basis of an authority figure believing the claim to be true

Question 8

Aside

Answer 8

when a character in a work of fiction addresses the audience directly for a moment to either express a truth, reveal a feeling, or comment on the events of the story

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels (as in stony and holy)

Question 10

Begging the question

Answer 10

to use a previous principle to claim that the argument is true but has not been raised

Question 11

Cacophony

Answer 11

Harsh or discordant sounds, often the result of repetition and combination of consonants within a group of words

Question 12

Character

Answer 12

any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work

Question 13

Climax

Answer 13

the decisive moment, or turning point, at which the rising action of the play is reversed to falling action

Question 14

Colloquial

Answer 14

a style of writing that conveys the effect of informal spoken language as distinct from formal or literary English

Question 15

Concrete

Answer 15

naming a real thing or class of things