lit terms 2 part 2

Question 1

repetition of the same beginning consonant sounds

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

a disappointing or weak ending after rising tension

Answer 2

Anticlimax

Question 3

an abrupt shift from serious to silly or trivial

Answer 3

Bathos

Question 4

repetition of vowel sounds within words

Answer 4

Assonance

Question 5

informal, everyday language

Answer 5

Colloquial English

Question 6

a form of language specific to a region or group

Answer 6

Dialect

Question 7

a long narrative poem or story about heroic deeds

Answer 7

Epic

Question 8

a novel about a character’s growth from youth to adulthood

Answer 8

Bildungsroman

Question 9

proper, polished language used in serious writing

Answer 9

Formal English

Question 10

a direct comparison between two unlike things

Answer 10

Metaphor

Question 11

restating something in your own words

Answer 11

Paraphrase

Question 12

a comparison using “like” or “as”

Answer 12

Simile

Question 13

writing that blends reality with dreamlike or illogical elements

Answer 13

Surrealism

Question 14

a sentence that states the main idea or argument

Answer 14

Thesis sentence

Question 15

a person or figure in a story

Answer 15

Character