Literary Terms Review - 10th Grade

"Her hair shined like the sun," is an example of:

When words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning.

Assonance is...

What is alliteration?

Mark Twain and The Onion practice this art.

If you said a computer had a brain, that would be an example of:

"Freezing fire," "happy grief," and "jumbo shrimp" are all examples of this term.

A poem that focuses on sound quality is referred to as...

This is the repetition of final consonant sounds.

The time and place of the action of a literary work is called the...

One of the ______ in Poe's "The Black Cat" was that everyone has an inherently evil side.

A writer uses ___________ when he/she describes a characters traits explicitly.

A writer's typical way of writing is their...

This term may be defined as "surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions."

"He was so tall that he could reach the sky" is an example of:

The atmosphere or feeling created in a literary work.

A writer's word choice is called...

Buzz, crunch, crash, and hiss are examples of this term.

My buddy, Edgar Allan Poe, writes with a distinctly formal, yet macabre ______________.

A statement that seems to be wrong, but is actually true.