things fall apart test

Question 1

What is a simile?

Answer 1

Comparison using like or as

Question 2

What is a metaphor?

Answer 2

comparison not using like or as

Question 3

What is an allegory?

Answer 3

story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for each other, people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.

Question 4

What is Alliteration?

Answer 4

repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Question 5

What is an allusion?

Answer 5

reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture.

Question 6

What is an analogy?

Answer 6

comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.

Question 7

What is an anaphora?

Answer 7

repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a few lines.

Question 8

What is an anecdote?

Answer 8

a brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something. Often shows character of an individual.

Question 9

What is an antithesis?

Answer 9

the use of parallel structure to contrast ideas.

Question 10

What is Archetype?

Answer 10

a statement, pattern, or prototype that is copied throughout many works of literature.

Question 11

What is argument vs. persuasion?

Answer 11

argument attempts to get the audience to agree with position taken, while persuasion not only wants the audience to agree with position but to then take a stand & do something.

Question 12

What are the appeals?

Answer 12

Logos- logical appeal; Pathos: emotional appeal; Ethos- Ethical appeal

Question 13

What is an aphorism?

Answer 13

brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life or of a principle or accepted general truth

Question 14

What is assonance?

Answer 14

repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in nearby words

Question 15

What is asyndeton?

Answer 15

commas without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally;

Question 16

What is charcterization?

Answer 16

the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

Question 17

What is chiasmus?

Answer 17

the use of reverse parallel structure to compare/contrast ideas; terms in the first half are reversed in the second

Question 18

What is cliche?

Answer 18

a word or phrase, often a figure of speech that has become lifeless because of overuse.

Question 19

What is colloquialism?

Answer 19

the use of slang or informalities in speech, often specific to a region or dialect.

Question 20

What is conflict?

Answer 20

the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.

Question 21

What is connotation?

Answer 21

the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.

Question 22

What is denotation?

Answer 22

dictionary definition of a word.

Question 23

What is consonance?

Answer 23

repetition of two or more consonants with a change in the intervening vowels

Question 24

What is dialect?

Answer 24

a way of speaking that characterizes a certain social group or of the inhabitants of certain geographical areas

Question 25

What is dialect?

Answer 25

a speaker or writer’s choice of words

Question 26

What is euphamism?

Answer 26

a more socially acceptable replacement for a generally unpleasant word or concept

Question 27

What is Figurative Language?

Answer 27

words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.

Question 28

What is a foil?

Answer 28

a character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny sidekick to a dashing hero, or a villain contrasting a hero.

Question 29

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 29

a figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement, for effect.

Question 30

What is imagery?

Answer 30

the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

Question 31

What is irony?

Answer 31

a word or event means something different—and often contradictory—to its actual meaning.

Question 32

What is juxtaposition?

Answer 32

form of contrast by which writers call attention to dissimilar ideas - by placing the different ideas side by side structurally.

Question 33

What is mood?

Answer 33

an atmosphere created by the writer's diction and other details selected-how the audience or characters feel.

Question 34

What is a motif?

Answer 34

a recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work, unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme.

Question 35

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 35

a figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Question 36

What is a parable?

Answer 36

a relatively short story that teaches a moral or lesson about how to lead a good life.

Question 37

What is a Paradox?

Answer 37

a statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals some kind of truth.

Question 38

What is Parallel Structure?

Answer 38

the repetition of words or phrases with similar grammatical form

Question 39

What is personification?

Answer 39

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.

Question 40

What is a Rhetorical question?

Answer 40

a question asked for an effect and not actually requiring an answer.

Question 41

What is a symbol?

Answer 41

person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something more.