Literature 1 Quiz

A reference to something else.

A hook appears at the beginning of the story and grabs the reader's attention.

The codename of a secret program whose mission was to break the KGB's codes.

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

Gives the reader hints or signs about the future.

Places two or more distinctly different things side by side in order to highlight their differences.

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

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

The Soviet Union designed a 185-pound satellite that could orbit the earth.

An organizing technique in poetry that places a group of lines together.

The sense of heightened uncertainty produced in the reader, particularly as the plot nears the climax.

Someone who "defects" or gives up loyalty to their country to become part of another one.

A pronoun that denotes a group of people or things.

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

Intercontinental ballistic missile was developed in the 1950s

Refers to specific word choice.

Drycleaning is taking the long way to get to a destination in order to shake off anyone following you.

The period from 1967 to 1979 where the US policy was to try to ease tensions between the US and USSR.

Stands for Glavnoe Razvedyvatelnoe Upravlenic, the Soviet military's main spy branch.