Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for repeated sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other?

• Allusion

• Ambiguity

• Alliteration

• Anecdote

Which term refers to a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

What is the term for multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage?

• Ambiguity

• Apostrophe

• Aphorism

• Asyndeton

What is a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way called?

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Analogy

• Chiasmus

What is it called when the same word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive lines, clauses, or sentences?

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Apostrophe

• Asyndeton

What is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person called?

• Anecdote

• Aphorism

• Antithesis

• Ambiguity

What is the term for the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun?

• Apostrophe

• Antecedent

• Aphorism

• Allusion

What is the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure, called?

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Asyndeton

• Chiasmus

What is a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle called?

• Apostrophe

• Aphorism

• Anecdote

• Ambiguity

What is the figure of speech called when one directly addresses a person who is not present or to a personified object?

• Allusion

• Ambiguity

• Apostrophe

• Antithesis