¡Literary Terms! Quiz

Letter it starts with	Literary Term	Hint
A		Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
A		Brief reference to something well known
A		Device of repetition in which the same phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines
A		A person or force which opposes the protagonist
A		Repetition of vowel sounds within neighboring words
C		Unpleasant combination of sounds
C		Method of developing a character
C		Decisive moment
C		Struggle whether internal or external
C		Implied meaning of a word
D		Literal meaning of a word
D		Author's choice of words
F		To show an event that happened at an earlier time
F		Use of hints or clues to suggest the future
H		Exaggeration or overstatement
I		Language that evokes the senses
I		Implied discrepancy between what is said and meant

Letter it starts with	Literary Term	Hint
J		Close placement of contradictory ideas
M		Comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
M		Recurrent elements
O		Wordthat imitates the sound it represents
O		Putting two contradictory words together (Or a moron fused with Oxygen)
P		Giving human qualities to non-humans
R		Pattern of words that contain similar sounds
R		Recurrences of stressed and unstressed syllables at equal intervals
S		Determining time and place
S		Comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
S		An object or action that means something more than the literal meaning
S		Using a part to represent the whole
S		One sense describing another
S		Way in which words are put together to form sentences
T		General idea or insight
T		Attitude a writer towards a subject or character

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