Literature 2 Quiz

Means the opposite and is usually a pair of words or phrases

Refers to specific word choice.

A dystopia is a place where everything has gone wrong.

 The military theory that nuclear strategists developed to prevent, or deter, a nuclear attack.

Refers to a grammatical structure that inverts, or flips around, a previous phrase.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing.

Using an object or an action that means something more than its literal meaning.

A stanza of poetry consisting of four lines.

An invitation to the audience to take action and how to do it.

The perspective or attitude of the author towards a character, place or development.

Two lines of poetry that rhyme and complete a single thought.

The way in which words are put together to form a sentence is syntax.

In literary analysis, a pair of statements or images reverse each other.

The specific words, incidents, images, or events an author uses to create a scene or situation.