Vocabulary Quiz #2

Question 1

analogy

Answer 1

a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

Question 2

foil

Answer 2

a person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast

Question 3

irony

Answer 3

a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.

Question 4

tone

Answer 4

quality or character of sound

Question 5

mood

Answer 5

a state or quality of feeling at a particular time

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

figurative or descriptive language in a literary work

Question 7

flashback

Answer 7

a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.

Question 8

personification

Answer 8

the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.

Question 9

elliptical technique

Answer 9

technique in writing when the author or narrator ends a story by “coming full circle”

Question 10

first person narrative

Answer 10

narration told by a character within a literary work where the narration is omniscient and uses “I”