11 LA Exam Review - Definitions

What is the literary device called when the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of closely connected words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Enjambment

• Apostrophe

Which term refers to a reference to another work of literature, person, or event?

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Symbol

• Paradox

What is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words called?

• Slant rhyme

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Refrain

What is a pause in a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation, called?

• Caesura

• Enjambment

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

Which literary device involves addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction?

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Simile

What term describes the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Paradox

What is it called when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of poetry to the next without a terminal punctuation mark?

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Refrain

• Slant rhyme

Which term refers to a hint or indication of a future event in a story?

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Symbol

• Point of view

What is a figure of speech that involves an implied comparison between two unlike things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

• Paradox

What is the term for a repeated line or number of lines in a poem or song, typically at the end of each verse?

• Refrain

• Enjambment

• Alliteration

• Assonance