Test - Literary Terms

A brief reference to a historical, mythological, or literary person, place, thing, or event.

• Paradox
• Euphemism
• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

The specific techniques that an author chooses to relay an intended message (for example, the use of figurative language, tone, flashback, imagery, irony, word choice, and dialogue)

• Extended Metaphor
• Euphemism
• Allusion
• Author's Craft
• Author's Skills

A personal and largely unreasoned judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing; a prejudice.

• Justice
• Euphemism
• Allusion
• Racism
• Bias

The implicit, rather than explicit, meaning of a word, consisting of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word such as cheap and inexpensive.

• Inference
• Euphemism
• Connotation
• Denotation
• Bias

The most specific or literal meaning of a word.

• Inference
• Euphemism
• Connotation
• Denotation
• Bias

The substitution of a mild and pleasant expression for a harsh and blunt one (for example, saying to pass away for to die).

• Inference
• Euphemism
• Connotation
• Denotation
• Bias

A metaphor that is carried throughout the text.

• Complete Simile
• Figurative Language
• Connotation
• Extended Metaphor
• Complete Metaphor

Language enriched by word images and figures of speech (for example, similes and metaphors). Imagery

• Complete Simile
• Figurative Language
• Connotation
• Extended Metaphor
• Complete Metaphor

The technique of disrupting the chronological flow of a narrative by interjecting events that have occurred at an earlier time.

• Flashback
• Chronological order
• Foreshadowing
• Time Disruption
• Predictions

The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest future action.

• Flashback
• Chronological order
• Foreshadowing
• Time Disruption
• Predictions