Super Quiz: Literary Terms: A

November 18, 2015 at 1:41 a.m.

  1. A story that you tell people about something interesting or funny that has happened to you

  2. Comparison between two things that are otherwise unlike. Example: "Life is like a box of chocolates."

  3. Repetition of the initial sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

  4. A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral one

  5. A statement that refers to something in an indirect way

  6. Erroneous use of an object, event, idea or word that does not belong to that time period

  7. A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories or plays

  8. A short statement that says something wise and true

  9. A very typical example of a particular type of person or thing

ANSWERS:

  1. Anecdote

  2. Analogy

  3. Alliteration

  4. Allegory

  5. Allusion

  6. Anachronism

  7. Anthology

  8. Aphorism (adage).

  9. Archetype

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