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- 1. Multiple ChoiceA 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.AmbiguityAnalogyAnecdoteAntecedent
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words.AllegoryAllusionAlliterationAnaphora
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the words.ChiasmusClaimColloquialismCoherence
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA 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.ClaimClauseColloquialismCoherence
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.AllegoryAnalogyAphorismApostrophe
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe 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.AllusionAnacronismAntithesisAtmosphere
- 7. Multiple ChoiceConsists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can be more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used.AmbiguityAsyndetonChiasmusColloquialism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA 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 _______.AntecedentAntithesisClaimClause
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA 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.AllegoryAllusionAnachronismAnecdote
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person.AnecdoteAphorismClaimClause
- 11. Multiple ChoiceFigure 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.AnaphoraAntithesisApostropheAsyndeton
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA 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.AmbiguityAnaphoraApostropheAsyndeton
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.AmbiguityAnachronismAnalogyAnecdote
- 14. Multiple ChoiceOne 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.AnalogyAnaphoraChiasmusClause
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.AnalogyAntecedentClauseColloquialism
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe 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.AsyndetonAphorismChiasmusColloquialism
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA 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 placeAnachronismAnecdoteAntecedentAntithesis
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe action or process of reasoning systematically in support of an idea, action, or theory.ArgumentationClaimClauseCoherence
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAn assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.ClauseClaimChiasmusCoherence
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.AllegoryAllusionAnecdoteColloquialism
- 21. Multiple Choice“My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”AllegoryAllusionAnaphoraAlliteration
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.AllegoryAllusionAntithesisAtmosphere
- 23. Multiple ChoiceGive every man thy ear, but few thy voice.AllegoryAnaphoraAntithesisAtmosphere
- 24. Multiple Choice“Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”ApostropheAsyndetonChiasmusColloquialism
- 25. Multiple Choice“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.”ApostropheAsyndetonChiasmusColloquialism - 26. Multiple Choice“Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?”
(Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare)ApostropheAsyndetonChiasmusColloquialism - 27. Multiple Choice"When I got to camp I warn’t feeling very brash, there warn’t much sand in my craw."-The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnApostropheAsyndetonChiasmusColloquialism
- 28. Multiple Choice“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.AnachronismAnalogyAnedoteAphorism - 29. Multiple Choice"There are no gains without pains."
-Benjamin FranklinAnachronismAnalogyAnecdoteAphorism - 30. Multiple ChoiceJust as a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon, so we must come out of our comfort zone.AnachronismAnalogyAnecdoteAphorism
- 31. Multiple ChoiceironyFunny situationThe opposite of what's expected happensMaking a planned decision
- 32. Multiple Choicedramatic IronyOpposite happens but readers see it coming onlyOpposite happens but character see it coming onlyOpposite happens and readers & characters see it comingOpposite is said of what is meant; sarcasm
- 33. Multiple Choicesituational ironyopposite happens but only readers see it comingOpposite happens and readers and characters don't see it comingopposite happens but only characters see it comingopposite is said from what is really meant; sarcasm
- 34. Multiple Choiceverbal ironyOpposite happens and only characters see it comingOpposite happens and only readers see it comingopposite happens and readers & characters see it comingopposite is said from what is really meant; sarcasm
- 35. Multiple Choicenarrative summarysummary of unimportant events to skip boring parts and fill in gapsdialogue used to show detailsplot that is detailed but not importantcharacter information
- 36. Multiple Choicesimilea comparison not using "like" or "as"a comparison using "like" or "as"an object that represents something elsea reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.
- 37. Multiple Choiceallusionan imagean object that represents something elsea reference to something famous in history, art, religion, etc.an overused phrase
- 38. Multiple Choiceclichea popular and over used phrasea phrase people don't understandmoral of the storyevents in a story
- 39. Multiple Choicethememoral of the story, lesson learnedevents in a storyreocurring ideacharacter info
- 40. Multiple Choicemotifreoccurring ideamoral of the storycomparison using "like" or "as"main idea
- 41. Multiple ChoiceCounterclaima thesis or point a writer will proveopposing argument that a writer will disprovethe lesson of the story
- 42. Multiple Choiceforeshadowinga past event inserted into a storysummary of past eventsclues or hints about future events to happensummary of future events
- 43. Multiple Choiceplotmoral of the storysummary of boring parts of the storypoint an author is trying to provesequence of events in a story
- 44. Multiple Choicerhetorica question you have to answerusing literary devices to persuade someonecomparisonsreference to famous history, literature, religion, etc.
- 45. Multiple Choiceprotagonistmain charactercharacter who opposes the main charactergood guynarrator
- 46. Multiple Choiceantagonistmain charactercharacter who opposes main characterbad guyunimportant character
- 47. Multiple Choiceflat characterdoes not changechangesmany character traitsfew character traits
- 48. Multiple Choiceround characterdoes not changechangesfew character traitsmany character traits
- 49. Multiple Choicestatic charactermany character traitsdoes not changechangesfew character traits
- 50. Multiple Choicedynamic charactermany character traitsfew character traitschangesdoes not change
- 51. Multiple Choicetoneauthor's feelingsreader's feelingscharacters' feelings
- 52. Multiple Choicemoodauthor's feelingsreader's feelingscharacters' feelings
- 53. Multiple ChoicesatireUse of humor to poke fun at people's vices, mistakes, stupiditythe opposite happens of what is expectedan object that represents something elsesequence of events in a story
- 54. Multiple Choicefoil characterssimilar characters who are best friends and have everything in commonsimilar characters who have differences that make one character betteropposite characters with a few similarities who are both bad
- 55. Multiple Choicehyperbolegiving human qualities to inhuman objectsan exaggerationan over used phrase that's popularusing a word or phrase in place of the actual word
- 56. Multiple Choicedictionthe meaning of wordsan author's choice of wordsthe way words sound
- 57. Multiple Choiceparadoxuse of humor to point out other's stupidity, vices, and mistakesthe main idea of a storya statement that's opposite yet still truegiving human qualities to an inhuman object
- 58. Multiple Choiceidioman over-used yet popular phrasea reference to something famous in literature, religion, history, etc.a statement in a culture that only that culture understands like "kicked the bucket."
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