Nelson English Usage: Literary terms and devices
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3. When something is described as being like
something else [SIMILE]
6. A person or thing working against the main
character [ANTAGONIST]
8. Untrue stories [FICTION]
14. A short novel [NOVELLA]
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1. Writing that instructs or advises the reader on
areas such as ethics, religion or politics
[DIDACTICISM]
2. A question not designed to elicit an answer
[RHETORICAL]
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17. Exaggerated speech [HYPERBOLE]
19. Claiming someone else's ideas as your own
[PLAGIARISM]
22. Fiction set in an imaginary world [FANTASY]
23. Old, out-of-date, never used any more
[ARCHAIC]
27. Another word for nom-de-plume
[PSEUDONYM]
30. An account of your life, written by you
[AUTOBIOGRAPHY]
32. A dramatic speech presented by one character
[MONOLOGUE]
34. The attitude expressed by the writer or narrator
in a text [TONE]
35. The place and time where the story occurs
[SETTING]
37. The pattern to which a poem conforms [FORM]
39. The basic unit of metre: pentameter has five of
them [FEET]
3. Lines of verse that form a unit within a poem
[STANZA]
4. A stereo-typed expression [CLICHE]
5. An account of your life, written by someone else
[BIOGRAPHY]
7. The organisational structure of most novels
[CHAPTER]
9. A text that tells the version of events as a story
[NARRATIVE]
10. A humorous imitation of a serious text
[PARODY]
11. A play on words [PUN]
12. A word's literal meaning [DENOTATION]
13. A short, significant quote at the start of a text
[EPIGRAPH]
15. The speech of characters in a text [DIALOGUE]
16. The main character in a text [PROTAGONIST]
18. A polite term for something offensive or
unpleasant [EUPHEMISM]
20. A Japanese form of poetry with a total of
seventeen syllables [HAIKU]
21. Type of language used to present or describe
something in the guise of something else for
effect [FIGURATIVE]
24. The most dramatic, intense part of a story
[CLIMAX]
25. 'The early bird catches the worm' is a
well-known '__________.' [PROVERB]
26. Personal prejudice that distorts the facts [BIAS]
28. The opposite of an antonym [SYNONYM]
29. The resolution of the plot [DENOUEMENT]
30. The person or people the author writes to
[AUDIENCE]
31. A word that reads the same forwards and
backwards [PALINDROME]
32. The lesson to be learned from a story [MORAL]
33. A newly created word [NEOLOGISM]
36. Romeo and Juliet is usually classed as a '
_________. ' [TRAGEDY]
38. A poem that presents a puzzle to be solved
[RIDDLE]
40. Scholarly prose on a particular subject [ESSAY]
41. The central idea in a literary text [THEME]