Literary Terms Quiz

What is anaphora?

• The arrangement of scenery in a play

• A story within a story

• A word in a sentence referring to an earlier word

• A narrative or plot in films, novels, or dramas

What does cataphora refer to?

• A word in a sentence referring to a later word

• The use of symbols to represent ideas

• A figure of speech involving exaggeration

• The occurrence of the same letter at the beginning of words

What is diegesis?

• A statement that seems self-contradictory

• The arrangement of stage properties in a play

• A narrative or plot typically in films, novels, or dramas

• A figure of speech comparing two different things

What does the term 'motif' refer to?

• A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison

• A recurring element that supports a theme

• The substitution of a name for an attribute

• The use of many words where fewer would do

What is foreshadowing?

• The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things

• The use of symbols to represent ideas

• The mistaken use of a word for a similar-sounding one

• A warning or indication of a future event

What is a metaphor?

• A word that sounds like what it represents

• A figure of speech applied to an object not literally applicable

• A narrative within a narrative

• A figure of speech that compares two different things

What does personification mean?

• The use of symbols to represent ideas

• The use of exaggerated statements

• The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things

• A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison

What is irony?

• A statement that seems self-contradictory

• A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison

• The expression of meaning by using language that signifies the opposite

• The use of many words where fewer would do

What is an alliteration?

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words

• A figure of speech that involves a direct comparison

• A word that sounds like what it represents

• The use of symbols to represent ideas

What does synecdoche refer to?

• A part representing the whole or vice versa

• A statement that seems self-contradictory

• A figure of speech that involves exaggeration

• The substitution of a name for an attribute