Some literary terms Quiz

Description	Term	Example
The use of understatement, involving a negative, to emphasise one's meaning		0
The use of location, especially involving passing through doors or gates, to make a symbolic point		0
The shortening of a sentence or phrases by the omission of words which can be understood		0
A single idea expressed through two nouns or verbs		'in the sea and the waves'
A form of expression in which the part is used to imply the whole		0
Repeating the same thing in different ways		0
The expression of one's meaning by using words or the opposite meaning in order to make one's remarks forceful		0
The application of a word or phrase to something it does not apply to literally, indicating a comparison		0
The substitution of a mild or roundabout expression for one considered improper or too harsh or blunt		0
Words are used which have a different meaning for the audience, who know the truth of the situation, and the speaker		0
The use of an adjective to anticipate its result		0
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The contrasting of ideas emphasised by the arrangement of words		'since I would rather stand three times in the battle line than give birth once'
The recurrence of the same or a similar consonant, especially at the beginning of words or syllables		0
A statement which apparently contradicts itself but in fact makes a meaningful point		0
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The reversal of the normal order of events		'having dressed him in fragrant robes and washed him'
The dislocation of normal word order, by way of displacing one part of one clause into another		0
A pair of balanced phrases where the order of the elements of the second reverses that of the first		0
The juxtaposition of the intense or important and the trivial		'Royalty is the keeper of the thunderbolt of Zeus, of good counsel, good sense, the dockyards, abuse, the paymaster and the three-obol bits'

Description	Term	Example
The placing of words next to each other for effect		0
Words or combinations of words, the sound of which suggests their sense		0
		'Thebes, Thebes, a neighbouring city...'
The omission of conjunctions		0
The refusal to claim expertise		0
Transferring an adjective from the word to which it properly applies to another word in the same phrase		0
The use of words which are superfluous to the literal meaning		'he lay huge at his huge length'
The representation of an idea or thing as having human characteristics		0
A figure of speech in which a verb or adjective is applied to two nouns, though it is literally applicable to only one of them		0
A roundabout way of saying things		'to see the light of day' (i.e. to be alive)
A punning play on words		'for he changed not his disposition by his position'
The juxtaposition of two words of contradictory meaning to emphasise the contradiction		0
The repetition of a word or phrase in two or more successive clauses		0
The occurrence of similar vowel sounds in words close to each other		0
Running a sentence over the end of a line of verse and then ending it after the first word of the new line, lending emphasis to that word		0
A device in which the speaker breaks off before finishing the sentence		0
The use of exaggerated terms, not to be taken literally		0
A figure of speech where one thing is compared explicitly to another		0
A form of expression by which people or things can take their name from something which they are associated		0

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