Lit Terms Quiz

1. Apostrophe- a turning away from one audience to another that is dead, inanimate, or not present.
2. Chiasmus- the concentric ordering of words. "ABBA"
3. Golden Line- a line which contains 2 adjectives and 2 nouns with a verb between.
4. Enjambment- when one phrase or sentence runs across numerous lines in a poem.
5. Caesura- a pause or break in a line of poetry
6. simile- a comparison between 2 things using like or as.
7. alliteration- the repetition of a word sound used for emphasis
8. Oxymoron- using adjectives to describe something, making it redindent. "A big shrimp"
9. personification- giving human features or actions to inanimate objects.
10. metaphor- a comparsion between 2 things without using like or as.
11. Hyperbole- an exaggeration of an ordinary event or action
12. rhetorical question- a question asked for emphasis and not meant to be answered.
13. irony- when the outcome of an event is not what was expected.
14. amobean- when one group or person is answered by another group or person as in a musical.
15. cataluge- a poetic list.
16. allegory- a long term comparision.
17. epic simile- a comparision between 2 things, one usually mundane while the other is related to nature.
18. ellipsis- the grouping of
19. assonance- bringing two things face to face for comparision.
20. anaphora-