Terms 1-20

What is the definition of allegory?

• A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or for abstract ideas/qualities

• Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together for emphasis

• Reference to someone/thing that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or another branch of culture

• Deliberately suggesting 2+ different/conflicting meanings in a text/work

A sense of uncertainty about who is responsible for Kiowa's death.

• allusion

• anecdote

• ambiguity

• antithesis

Chiasmus in poetry.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

• apostrophe

• anadiplosis

• antimetabole

• ambiguity

What is the definition of alliteration?

• A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or for abstract ideas/qualities

• Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together for emphasis

• Reference to someone/thing that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or another branch of culture

• Deliberately suggesting 2+ different/conflicting meanings in a text/work

I relish reading when reclining in the warmth of the fire.

• alliteration

• assonance

• antithesis

• anadiplosis

"Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark." Richard Cushing

• anaphora

• allusion

• apposition

• antithesis

"You is smart.

You is kind.

You is important." -Aibileen from The Help.

• antithesis

• apostrophe

• apposition

• anaphora

What is the definition of allusion?

• A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or for abstract ideas/qualities

• Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together for emphasis

• Reference to someone/thing that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or another branch of culture

• Deliberately suggesting 2+ different/conflicting meanings in a text/work

What is the definition of ambiguity?

• A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people/events or for abstract ideas/qualities

• Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together for emphasis

• Reference to someone/thing that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or another branch of culture

• Deliberately suggesting 2+ different/conflicting meanings in a text/work

What is the definition of amplification?

• Embellishment of a sentence by a writer through additional information to increase worth and understandability

• Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

• Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of 2+ sentences/lines in a row

• Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence