Key terms

• What is alliteration?

  Repetition of the same sound in succession
• How does Scrooge use allusion in the text?

  He references God through the Ghost of Christmas Present
• What is anaphora?

  A word referring to a previously used word
• What is antithesis in literature?

  Contrasting concepts placed together for effect
• What is asyndetic listing?

  A list broken by commas, not conjunctions
• What does auditory imagery appeal to?

  It appeals to the reader's sense of hearing
• What does the term 'Biblical' refer to?

  Relating to the Bible and its teachings
• What is a catalyst in literature?

  A tool used to speed up the plot
• What is a colloquialism?

  An informal phrase common at its time
• What does connotation imply in literature?

  Implied meaning without explicit reference
• What does didactic mean?

  A moral message meant to instruct
• What is dramatic irony?

  When the audience knows something the character does not
• What does epitome mean?

  The perfect embodiment of a quality
• What does foreboding indicate in literature?

  Apprehension that a bad event will occur
• What is foreshadowing?

  An indication that an event will occur later
• What is hyperbole?

  Use of exaggerated statements for effect
• What is an interjection?

  A sudden remark or interruption in text
• What does irony imply in literature?

  Meaning that implies the opposite of intention
• What is juxtaposition?

  Comparing two concepts for contrast
• What is a moral imperative?

  An instruction on right and wrong conduct
• What does olfactory imagery appeal to?

  It appeals to the reader's sense of smell
• What is an oxymoron?

  Two opposing terms placed next to each other
• What is pathetic fallacy?

  Personification of emotions onto nature
• What is personification?

  Attributing human qualities to nonhuman things
• What is poetic justice?

  Characters getting what they deserve, often ironically
• What is polysyndetic listing?

  Listing using conjunctions like 'and'
• What is prolepsis?

  A flash forward in the narrative
• What is a semantic field?

  Words linked by a theme throughout a text
• What is satire?

  Criticizing through humor or irony
• What is sibilance?

  Repetition of 's' sounds in text
• What is a stave in music?

  A set of five lines for musical notation
• What does syntactic refer to?

  Arrangement of words within a sentence
• What is symbolism?

  Using one object to represent a wider concept
• What is a superlative?

  An adjective describing the highest degree
• What is temporal deixis?

  Language referencing or manipulating time
• What is a tricolon?

  Three parallel phrases placed in succession
• What is an altruistic attitude?

  Behavior based on devotion to others
• What is authorial voice?

  An authoritative voice used by the Ghosts
• What is dichotomy?

  Contrast of two beings that are opposed
• What is a foil in literature?

  A character that contrasts another for emphasis