Literary Terms Quiz 2

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.

• Assonance

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Antecedent

The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words.

• Allegory
• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Anaphora

A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.

• Allegory
• Analogy
• Aphorism
• Apostrophe

Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can be more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used.

• Ambiguity

• Asyndeton

• Exposition

• Polysyndeton

A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical.

• Allegory
• Allusion
• Anachronism
• Anecdote

A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.

• Anecdote

• Aphorism

• Parody

• Antecedent

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to display intense emotion.

• Ambiguity
• Anaphora
• Apostrophe
• Asyndeton

One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.

• Motif

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Polysyndeton

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

• Syntax

• Antecedent

• Clause

• Diction

The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.

• Allegory
• Allusion
• Anecdote
• Colloquialism