Unit 1 Literary Terms

Question 1

A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as,” “then,” or “resembles.”

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

Sensory details that make a work vivid—bring it alive—details that appeal to the senses

Answer 2

Imagery

Question 3

Implied or stated comparison between two unlike things—one IS the other.

Answer 3

Metaphor

Question 4

A comparison used throughout a work

Answer 4

Extended metaphor

Question 5

Does not directly state that one thing is another

Answer 5

Implied metaphor

Question 6

A comparison has become so commonplace that it seems literal rather than figurative

Answer 6

Dead metaphor

Question 7

Use of two or more inconsistent metaphors in one expression (makes no sense if taken literally)

Answer 7

Mixed metaphor

Question 8

A brief reference to person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art.

Answer 8

Allusion

Question 9

Employs wit to ridicule a subject

Answer 9

Satire

Question 10

Something that seems self-contradictory but which has valid meaning

Answer 10

Paradox

Question 11

Exact repetition of sounds of two or more words

Answer 11

Rhyme

Question 12

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Answer 12

Couplet

Question 13

Author’s attitude toward his subject

Answer 13

Tone

Question 14

Distinctive handling of language

Answer 14

Style

Question 15

A kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two STARTLINGLY different things

Answer 15

Conceit

Question 16

A writer’s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision

Answer 16

Diction

Question 17

A poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 17

Iamb

Question 18

A humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated

Answer 18

Tall tale

Question 19

Pair of rhymed verse lines in iambic pentameter

Answer 19

Heroic couplet

Question 20

Emotionally powerful symbols are used to suggest meaning and mood—also, a movement in France

Answer 20

Symbolism