Term 3 English Vocab

What is the literary device called where the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of words that are close together in a line or verse? For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is the literary device called when vowel sounds are repeated in nearby words, even if the words don’t rhyme? For example: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Consonance

What is the literary device called when the same consonant sound is repeated inside or at the end of words that are close together? For example: The lingering sound of wind behind the bend.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

What is the term for the use of objects, characters, or situations to represent broader ideas, themes, or concepts in literature and film?

• Symbolism

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

What is the central, underlying, and controlling idea or insight of a work of literature called?

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

• Characterization

What is a group of two or more lines within a poem, usually separated by a blank line, called?

• Stanza

• Verse

• Couplet

• Paragraph

What is the term for a word or phrase used to describe something as if it were something else? For example: a wave of terror washed over him.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the term for exaggerating for a purpose in literature? For example: her smile was a mile wide.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Irony

What is the term for a word that sounds like what it means? For example: crash.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What is the term for when there is no punctuation at the end of a line in a poem, requiring the reader to move to the next line without pausing?

• enjambment

• caesura

• alliteration

• stanza