2025 Week #4 literary/rhetorical vocabulary

Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human objects or animals?

• Motif
• Conceit
• Anthropomorphism
• Assonance

A recurring symbolic or thematic element throughout a literary work is known as a:

• Satire
• Enjambment
• Invective
• Motif

Which term describes the continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line of poetry without a pause?

• Enjambment
• Anachronism
• Assonance
• Conceit

An extended metaphor or elaborate comparison that creates a complex and unusual image is called a:

• Trite
• Pathos
• Invective
• Conceit

The use of language that is overly familiar or lacking originality is described as:

• Trite
• Assonance
• Anachronism
• Satire

A literary technique that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to criticize human vice or folly is:

• Invective
• Satire
• Pathos
• Anachronism

The repetition of similar vowel sounds within words is known as:

• Anthropomorphism
• Motif
• Enjambment
• Assonance

An emotional appeal that evokes feelings of sympathy or sadness is called:

• Pathos
• Anachronism
• Invective
• Conceit

A verbal attack or harsh criticism expressed in a bitter or abusive manner is termed:

• Enjambment
• Trite
• Invective
• Satire

The placement of something out of its proper historical time period is known as:

• Anachronism
• Anthropomorphism
• Motif
• Conceit