Can You Correctly Define These Nine Obscure Literary Terms?

A series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters spell out a word or phrase when taken in order.

A figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.

The endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc.

A harsh discordance of sound; dissonance.

A word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters.

A prolonged fight, battle, or struggle in literature.

To show or indicate beforehand.

An act or instance of placing words or ideas close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

Obvious and intentional exaggeration.

The formation of a word by the imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

A word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters.

A conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing.

When two conjuncts are joined by a conjunction.

Inversion of the usual order of words.

The surroundings or environment of anything.

The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications.

A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “She is like a rose.”

The endowment of nature, inanimate objects, or animals with human traits and feelings.

The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications.

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part.

The plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, such as a play, novel, or short story.

The act of characterizing or describing the individual quality of a person or thing.

The study of the patterns for forming sentences.

A word opposite in meaning to another.