Narrative Terms

Question 1

Apostrophe

Answer 1

Addressing a character directly in a story.

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of several words in a phrase.

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

A word repeated at the start of several similar phrases.

Question 4

Assonance

Answer 4

Similar to alliteration but with vowel sounds.

Question 5

Polyptoton

Answer 5

A word used more than once but with different endings, both from same root word.

Question 6

Chiasmus

Answer 6

Words or ideas which crossover each other.

Question 7

Didactic Poetry

Answer 7

Poems which aim to teach their audience.

Question 8

Emphasis

Answer 8

Drawing attention to something.

Question 9

Historic Present

Answer 9

Present tense verbs used when the meaning is really past, to add vibrancy to the story.

Question 10

Homeoteleuton

Answer 10

Repetition of the same ending on different words, a kind of rhyming.

Question 11

Hyperbaton

Answer 11

Unnatural word order.

Question 12

Imagery

Answer 12

Describing something using words which have a particular theme.

Question 13

Juxtaposition

Answer 13

Placing words or ideas next to each other that wouldn’t normally be.

Question 14

Metaphor

Answer 14

Describing something as if it IS something else.

Question 15

Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

Words which sound like their meaning.

Question 16

Pathos

Answer 16

Sympathy.

Question 17

Pleonasm

Answer 17

Redundancy or unnecessary words added in.

Question 18

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 18

Questions which are asked without intending anyone to answer.

Question 19

Simile

Answer 19

Describing something as being LIKE something else.

Question 20

Sibilance

Answer 20

Similar to alliteration but with ‘s’ sounds.

Question 21

Tone

Answer 21

The feeling put across by a word or phase.

Question 22

Addressing a character directly in a story.

Answer 22

Apostrophe

Question 23

Repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of several words in a phrase.

Answer 23

Alliteration

Question 24

A word repeated at the start of several similar phrases.

Answer 24

Anaphora

Question 25

Similar to alliteration but with vowel sounds.

Answer 25

Assonance

Question 26

A word used more than once but with different endings, both from same root word.

Answer 26

Polyptoton

Question 27

Words or ideas which crossover each other.

Answer 27

Chiasmus

Question 28

Poems which aim to teach their audience.

Answer 28

Didactic Poetry

Question 29

Drawing attention to something.

Answer 29

Emphasis

Question 30

Present tense verbs used when the meaning is really past, to add vibrancy to the story.

Answer 30

Historic Present

Question 31

Repetition of the same ending on different words, a kind of rhyming.

Answer 31

Homeoteleuton

Question 32

Unnatural word order.

Answer 32

Hyperbaton

Question 33

Describing something using words which have a particular theme.

Answer 33

Imagery

Question 34

Placing words or ideas next to each other that wouldn’t normally be.

Answer 34

Juxtaposition

Question 35

Describing something as if it IS something else.

Answer 35

Metaphor

Question 36

Words which sound like their meaning.

Answer 36

Onomatopoeia

Question 37

Sympathy.

Answer 37

Pathos

Question 38

Redundancy or unnecessary words added in.

Answer 38

Pleonasm

Question 39

Questions which are asked without intending anyone to answer.

Answer 39

Rhetorical Questions

Question 40

Describing something as being LIKE something else.

Answer 40

Simile

Question 41

Similar to alliteration but with ‘s’ sounds.

Answer 41

Sibilance

Question 42

The feeling put across by a word or phase.

Answer 42

Tone