A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar.
Ambiguity
Analogy
Anecdote
Antecedent
2. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words.
Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
Anaphora
3. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the words.
Chiasmus
Claim
Colloquialism
Coherence
4. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. Words, phrases, clauses within the sentence; and sentences, paragraphs, and chapters in larger pieces of writing are the unit make a progressive and logical arrangement.
Claim
Clause
Colloquialism
Coherence
5. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.
Allegory
Analogy
Aphorism
Apostrophe
6. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author’s choice of objects that are described.
Allusion
Anacronism
Antithesis
Atmosphere
7. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can be more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used.
Ambiguity
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
8. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, ________ expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate _________ cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent _______.
Antecedent
Antithesis
Claim
Clause
9. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical.
Allegory
Allusion
Anachronism
Anecdote
10. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.
Anecdote
Aphorism
Claim
Clause
11. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.
Anaphora
Antithesis
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
12. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to display intense emotion.
Ambiguity
Anaphora
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
13. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.
Ambiguity
Anachronism
Analogy
Anecdote
14. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.
Analogy
Anaphora
Chiasmus
Clause
15. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Analogy
Antecedent
Clause
Colloquialism
16. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. It is not generally acceptable for formal writing, but gives a work a conversational, familiar tone. These can include local or regional dialects.
Asyndeton
Aphorism
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
17. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned; out of time and place
Anachronism
Anecdote
Antecedent
Antithesis
18. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory.
Argumentation
Claim
Clause
Coherence
19. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.
Clause
Claim
Chiasmus
Coherence
20. Multiple Choice
5 minutes
1 pt
The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.
Allegory
Allusion
Anecdote
Colloquialism
21. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
“My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
Allegory
Allusion
Anaphora
Alliteration
22. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.
Allegory
Allusion
Antithesis
Atmosphere
23. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
Allegory
Anaphora
Antithesis
Atmosphere
24. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
25. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
“Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think’st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
26. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
“Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?” (Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare)
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
27. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
"When I got to camp I warn’t feeling very brash, there warn’t much sand in my craw."-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Apostrophe
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Colloquialism
28. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
“Ross: That now Sweno, the Norways’ king, craves composition: Nor would we deign him burial of his men Till he disbursed at Saint Colme’s inch Ten thousand dollars to our general use.” The dollar was not the monetary unit during the time that the play is set.
Anachronism
Analogy
Anedote
Aphorism
29. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
"There are no gains without pains." -Benjamin Franklin
Anachronism
Analogy
Anecdote
Aphorism
30. Multiple Choice
2 minutes
1 pt
Just as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone.
Anachronism
Analogy
Anecdote
Aphorism
31. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
irony
Funny situation
The opposite of what's expected happens
Making a planned decision
32. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
dramatic Irony
Opposite happens but readers see it coming only
Opposite happens but character see it coming only
Opposite happens and readers & characters see it coming
Opposite is said of what is meant; sarcasm
33. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
situational irony
opposite happens but only readers see it coming
Opposite happens and readers and characters don't see it coming
opposite happens but only characters see it coming
opposite is said from what is really meant; sarcasm
34. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
verbal irony
Opposite happens and only characters see it coming
Opposite happens and only readers see it coming
opposite happens and readers & characters see it coming
opposite is said from what is really meant; sarcasm
35. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
narrative summary
summary of unimportant events to skip boring parts and fill in gaps
dialogue used to show details
plot that is detailed but not important
character information
36. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
simile
a comparison not using "like" or "as"
a comparison using "like" or "as"
an object that represents something else
a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
37. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
allusion
an image
an object that represents something else
a reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
an overused phrase
38. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
cliche
a popular and over used phrase
a phrase people don't understand
moral of the story
events in a story
39. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
theme
moral of the story, lesson learned
events in a story
reocurring idea
character info
40. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
motif
reoccurring idea
moral of the story
comparison using "like" or "as"
main idea
41. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
Counterclaim
a thesis or point a writer will prove
opposing argument that a writer will disprove
the lesson of the story
42. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
foreshadowing
a past event inserted into a story
summary of past events
clues or hints about future events to happen
summary of future events
43. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
plot
moral of the story
summary of boring parts of the story
point an author is trying to prove
sequence of events in a story
44. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
rhetoric
a question you have to answer
using literary devices to persuade someone
comparisons
reference to famous history, literature, religion, etc.
45. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
protagonist
main character
character who opposes the main character
good guy
narrator
46. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
antagonist
main character
character who opposes main character
bad guy
unimportant character
47. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
flat character
does not change
changes
many character traits
few character traits
48. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
round character
does not change
changes
few character traits
many character traits
49. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
static character
many character traits
does not change
changes
few character traits
50. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
dynamic character
many character traits
few character traits
changes
does not change
51. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
tone
author's feelings
reader's feelings
characters' feelings
52. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
mood
author's feelings
reader's feelings
characters' feelings
53. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
satire
Use of humor to poke fun at people's vices, mistakes, stupidity
the opposite happens of what is expected
an object that represents something else
sequence of events in a story
54. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
foil characters
similar characters who are best friends and have everything in common
similar characters who have differences that make one character better
opposite characters with a few similarities who are both bad
55. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
hyperbole
giving human qualities to inhuman objects
an exaggeration
an over used phrase that's popular
using a word or phrase in place of the actual word
56. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
diction
the meaning of words
an author's choice of words
the way words sound
57. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
paradox
use of humor to point out other's stupidity, vices, and mistakes
the main idea of a story
a statement that's opposite yet still true
giving human qualities to an inhuman object
58. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
idiom
an over-used yet popular phrase
a reference to something famous in literature, religion, history, etc.
a statement in a culture that only that culture understands like "kicked the bucket."