Literary Terms Quiz

What is the term for verse that establishes its rhythm by counting both stressed and unstressed syllables?

• Alliteration

• Blank verse

• Accentual-syllabic verse

• Free verse

Which literary device is defined as the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What is the metrical foot consisting of three syllables, where the second one is stressed?

• Anapest

• Dactyl

• Spondee

• Amphibrach

Which term refers to a repetition of the same first word in successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or paragraphs?

• Antagonist

• Epiphora

• Epigram

• Anadiplosis

What is the term for a typical character, image, action, or situation that represents universal patterns of human nature?

• Atmosphere

• Elegy

• Epigram

• Archetype

In Greek drama, what is the term for the character who opposes the protagonist or hero?

• Antithesis

• Archetype

• Antagonist

• Atmosphere

What is the term for a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect?

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Epiphora

• Epigram

Which term refers to the overall mood of a story or poem?

• Campus novel

• Atmosphere

• Ballad

• Bildungsroman

What is the term for unrhymed iambic pentameter?

• Epic

• Drama

• Ballad

• Blank verse

Which literary device is a figure of speech in which what is stated is not what is meant?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Simile