Literary Terms Round Two Jeopardy Template

Literary Terms- The Argument	Literary Terms- Sound Devices, Etc.	Literary Terms in Poetry	Literary Terms	Literary Terms
100 Diction What is the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing?	100 Alliteration What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (ex: Peter Piper picked a pickle)?	100 Stanza What is a division of poetry similar to a paragraph in prose?	100 Allusion What is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art?	100 Parody What is a work created to make fun of or spoof an original work just for a humorous effect?
200 Assertion What is an opinion or declaration statement that includes logical reasons for conviction?	200 Onomatopeia What is the use of words that imitate sounds (ex: whoosh, bang, zip)?	200 Simile What is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects using like or as?	200 Foreshadowing What is an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story?	200 Archetype What is a pattern, prototype, perfect example or original pattern from which all things of the same type are copies?
300 Concession What is the act of momentarily yielding to the opposing viewpoint within the argumentative essay?	300 Hyperbole What is a figure of speech that is an exaggeration for effect?	300 Imagery What is a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses?	300 What is a figure of speech in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics? Personification	300 Connotation What are the emotions or set of associations attached to a word that is implied rather than literal?
400 Rhetoric What is the study of techniques and their effects within written or spoken discourse?	400 Anaphora What is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?	400 Metaphor What is a figure of speech that makes an indirect comparison between two unlike subjects?	400 Dramatic Irony What is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true (we, the audience, know more than the character/s)?	400 Denotation What is the dictionary definition of a word; the literal or cognitive meaning?
500 Logical Fallacy What is an incorrect or problematic argument that is not based on sound reasoning?	500 Anadiplosis What is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause?	500 Figurative Language What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?	500 Antithesis What is the direct opposite: the rhetorical contrast by use of parallels within a sentence?	500 Satire What is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other societal issues?

Literary Terms - Round Two

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