Vocabulary

Which One?

Instructions

• You will see a word and then two definitions or examples.

• Choose which definition or example is the correct one.

Allegory

• Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds

• Story or poem in which characters or events stand for or symbolize real people, events, or abstract ideas

Alliteration

• Repetition of consonant sounds• Repetition of vowel sounds

Ambiguity

• Deliberately suggesting two or more meanings• Reference to someone or something known

from outside of the work

Analogy

• Extended metaphor, elaborately comparing two things that are vastly different

• Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

Anecdote

• This guy pulled over to help me change my flat tire. Which seems like a nice thing, but he took over instead of helping. After he was finished, I thanked him, let him leave, and then I unloosed the lug nuts again. I had to fix his mistakes. I hate when people think they know more than me because I am a female.

• A struggle between opposing forces or characters.

Internal Conflict

• The ice kept me from driving to work.• My depression kept me from getting out of

bed.

Epanalepsis

• Common sense is not so common• A way of speaking that is characteristic of a

certain geographical area, often confused for “accent”.

Farce

• Spaceballs, The Hangover, The Bridesmaids• A short story which teaches a lesson on how

to succeed in life.

Foil

• A character who can only be described in a few words, doesn’t change, one dimensional

• Acts as a contrast to the protagonist, a mirror, a reflection of the character traits.