Literary Terms Study Quiz For Finals !

A reference to an element in literature, history, media, etc

Repeating of a letter sound in a sentence

Farting

Comparing two things using like, as, or than

Thinking you see something but you its not actually there

Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike in some respects

Reference to a statement, a person, a place or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science or pop culture

Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem.

Language that appeals to the sense.

Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level.

Comparing two things using like, as or than

1. Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike in some respects

1.Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem

1.Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well. 1.The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story

Main Character

1.Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

Contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word

1.Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time

Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

Statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth

Language that appeals to the sense

1.Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

Fixed idea or conception of a character that does not allow for any individuality

Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human

Contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time

1.Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word

Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

Language that appeals to the sense

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as or than

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as than, or resembles

Contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as than, or resembles

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem

Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as or than

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

1.Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as than, or resembles

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning

1.Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human

Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together in a poem

1.Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level

Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as than, or resembles

1. Statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth

Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well

Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time

1.Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human

1. Fixed idea or conception of a character that does not allow for any individuality

1.Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well

Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect

A reference to an element in literature

A u-shaped form you can make with your face

1.Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as or than

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word

1. Contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

A repeating of a letter sound in a sentence

1.Statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth

1.Fixed idea or conception of a character that does not allow for any individuality

1.Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well

1. Contrast or discrepency between expectation and reality-between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true

1.Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were a human

Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning