Literary Vocab Quiz

1. the hope of achieving something

• dialogue
• aspiration
• argument

words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition; similes and metaphors are two examples of this

• figurative language
• opinion
• reason

a comparison that does not use like or as

• perception
• metaphor
• dialogue

a comparison using the words like or as

• simile
• metaphor
• argument

a group of words with their own meaning outside of the individual meanings

• dialogue
• aspiration
• idiom

a view formed about something, not necessarily based on knowledge of fact

• aspiration
• opinion
• simile

a cause, explanation, or justification for something

• reason
• perception
• aspiration

a reason or set or reasons given to support an action or idea

• argument
• metaphor
• opinion

the way something is seen. People can have different perceptions of the same event

• aspiration
• perception
• metaphor

conversation between two people in a book, play, or movie

• dialogue
• figurative language
• metaphor