Yussuf.net Quiz 13: literary terms

Questions

  1. What is a metaphor?
  2. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
  3. What is an allegory?
  4. What is alliteration?
  5. What is a haiku?
  6. Define irony.
  7. What is personification?
  8. What is a sonnet?
  9. What is foreshadowing?
  10. What does “protagonist” mean?

Answers

  1. A figure of speech comparing two unrelated things without using “like” or “as”.
  2. A simile uses “like” or “as”; a metaphor does not.
  3. A story with a hidden political or moral meaning.
  4. Repetition of the same starting sound in nearby words.
  5. A three-line Japanese poem with 5-7-5 syllables.
  6. Saying the opposite of what is meant or expected.
  7. Giving human qualities to non-human things.
  8. A 14-line poem, often with a specific rhyme scheme.
  9. Hinting at future events in a story.
  10. The main character in a narrative.