Literary Terms and Concepts Quiz

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Which literary term refers to a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning—a literal level and one or more symbolic levels?

Allegory (correct)

Alliteration

Aphorism

Anecdote

What literary term is defined as the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables?

Allusion

Anaphora

Assonance (correct)

Apostrophe

What is the term for a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person, or a personified quality, object, or idea?

Anecdote

Apostrophe (correct)

Allegory

Antagonist

What literary term refers to poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter?

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What type of poem tells a story and often deals with adventure and romance?

Ballad Signup and view all the answers

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

Allusion Signup and view all the answers

What do we call a figure of speech that gives human traits to inanimate objects or ideas?

Personification Signup and view all the answers

Which literary technique is used to express an indirect or implied comparison of two things which are not evidently comparable?

Metaphor Signup and view all the answers

What do we call a pause or a break in the middle of a line of poetry?

Caesura Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for writing or speech not meant to be taken literally?

Figurative language Signup and view all the answers

Which figure of speech combines two opposing or contradictory ideas?

Paradox Signup and view all the answers

What is the highest point of interest or suspense in a literary work called?

Climax Signup and view all the answers

What term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words or accented syllables?

Consonance Signup and view all the answers

What do we call a melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker?

Sonnet Signup and view all the answers

What is a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth called?

Paradox Signup and view all the answers

What literary technique entails using a word that closely relates to a person or thing?

Metonymy Signup and view all the answers

What do we call writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, social conventions, or other works of art or literature?

Satire Signup and view all the answers

Which literary device uses words that imitate sounds?

Onomatopoeia Signup and view all the answers