Literature Terms Def. Quiz

'allusion' means...

• a brief reference to a person, place, event, or work of literature

• the time and place of a story

• when a writer (or character) seems to say one thing, but means something entirely different

• when an author suggests / hints at something to happen later in the plot

The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words is called...

• 'allusion'

• 'situational irony'

• 'tone'

• 'alliteration'

which of the following is the best example of a paradox?

• “The child is Father of the man.”

• sarcasm

• "She was certain that life was a fashion show."

• icy hot

'oxymoron' means...

• a two-word figure of speech in which contradictory terms are right next to each other

• how the writing (through specific words or phrases) makes the reader feel

• when a writer (or character) seems to say one thing, but means something entirely different

• someone who forgets to breathe

This is when an author suggests / hints at something to happen later in the plot.

• Figurative language

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Metaphor

This is when the narrator knows and has access to the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story, but it's still written in 3rd person (he, she, they)

• 1st person perspective

• 2nd person perspective

• 3rd person limited perspective

• 3rd person omniscient perspective

the time and place of a story is otherwise known as...

• its setting

• its tone

• its mood

• its irony

'...now with soft treble the redbreast whistles from the garden, and swallows twitter in the skies' is a great example of...

• an author's use of imagery

• an author's use of irony

• an author's use of setting

• an author's use of sarcasm

What is figurative language involving a comparison between two dissimilar things using ‘like’

or ‘as’ ?

• metaphor

• simile

• all figurative language is like this

• protagonist

'Symbol' means...

• a concrete object that stands for something more than just itself, connected to a larger idea or theme

• a statement or situation containing apparently opposite elements, but on closer reflection, reveals some deeper truth

• an idea, feeling, quality, or value that a word brings up, beyond just the dictionary definition

• the dictionary definition of a word