FHS - Literature Terms Quiz 1

An overused expression

• cliche

• understatement

• simile

• pun

Repetition of the initial sound at the beginning of a word

ex. Since the beginning of the season started, she has seemed so serene.

• alliteration

• anaphora

• rhyme

• repetition

The author's attitude toward a subject which can impact a reader's response to the topic

• tone

• theme

• juxtaposition

• speaker

any language that is not meant to be taken literally; the reader should interpret this language beyond the literal meaning

• figurative language

• symbolism

• poetry

• diction

The use of subtle hints about events that are upcoming in the story or novel

• foreshadowing

• suspense

• theme

• simile

a type of parallelism or repetition in which the speaker repeats the beginning part of a phrase or statement

• anaphora

• hypophora

• epistrophe

• repetition

a play on words that have a similar sound but a different meaning

Ex. She says it's cool; I say it's school.

• pun

• symbolism

• metaphor

• idiom

A related story used by the author to strengthen a point or draw the reader in

• anecdote

• imagery

• hyperbole

• theme

a moment when the writer introduces a scene from the past in the midst of the current situation

• flashback

• parallelism

• mood

• allusion

a creative use of an object to represent a bigger idea or deeper meaning of something important

Ex. a slamming door comes to represent rejection

• symbolism

• cliche

• imagery

• pun