Literary Terms and Figures Quiz 1

What is the definition of 'Alliteration'?

• The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence or a line of poetry or prose.

• A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

• A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning.

• The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.

What is the term for a character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story?

• Anaphora

• Foil

• Feminine rhyme

• Antistrophe

What is the term for a long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero?

• Elegy

• Fabliau

• Epic

• Bildungsroman

What is the term for a poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful?

• Elegy

• Anacoluthon

• Allegory

• Anapest

What is the term for a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short?

• Trochee

• Dactyl

• Iamb

• Anapest

What is the term for a form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words?

• Figurative language

• Free verse

• End-stopped line

• Foot

What is the term for a figure of speech involving exaggeration?

• Assonance

• Conceit

• Apostrophe

• Hyperbole

What is the term for the repetition of similar consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words?

• Enjambment

• Elision

• Caesura

• Consonance

What is the term for a metrical unit composed of stressed and unstressed syllables?

• Hamartia

• Euphony

• Iambic pentameter

• Entwicklungsroman

What is the term for the continuation of a complete idea from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause?

• Hyperbole

• Iamb

• Imagery

• Enjambment