a comparison that points out similarities between two different things
analogy
100
The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines of poetry or prose.
What is alliteration
100
a literary style use to poke fun at, attack or ridicule an idea, vice, or foible, often for the purpose of inducing change.
What is satire
100
a term for the title character of a work of literature.
What is eponymous
100
a discrepancy between the true meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the written or spoken words.
What is verbal irony
200
A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics
What is personification
200
grating, inharmonious sounds
What is cacophony
200
a poem or prose selection that laments or meditates on the passing or death of something or someone of value
What is elegy
200
a person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set.
What is anachronism
200
a circumstance in which the audience or reader knows mroe about a situation than a character.
What is dramatic irony
300
a saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language.
What is adage
300
a humorous play on words, using similar-sounding or identical words to suggest different meanings.
What is pun
300
literally "seize the day"--enjoy life while you can, a common theme in literature
What is carpe diem
300
Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is.
What is versimilitude
300
a term consisting of contradictory elements justaposed to create a paradoxical effect
What is oxymoron
400
The generic name for a figure of speech such as image, symbol, simile, and metaphor
What is trope
400
A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse, often (but not always) marked by punctuation.
What is caesura
400
a belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.
What is Humanism
400
the resolution that occurs at the end of a play or work of fiction: French for "unraveling" or "untying"
What is denoument
400
a statement that seems contradictory but is nevertheless true
What is paradox
500
A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole; or the whole signifies the part. Also, when the name of a material stands for the thing itself.
What is synecdoche
500
a verse with 5 poetic feet per line
What is pentameter
500
the language of a work and its style; words, often highly emotional, used to convince or sway and audience
What is rhetoric
500
a work of literature meant to ridicule a subject; a grotesque imitation