Statistics for Literary Terms - A

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The repetition of consonants, especially at the beginning of words	Alliteration	80%
A collection of literary works, normally poems	Anthology	80%
A hero who does not possess typically heroic attributes	Anti-hero	70%
A story or image with several layers of meaning: more than what's on the surface.	Allegory	60%
A term literally meaning 'advance guard'. Emphasises exploration, invention and advancement.	Avant-garde	40%
Inexactitude which causes readers to draw multiple contradictory conclusions about a story of phrase	Ambiguity	30%
The most typical characterisitics shared by a certain character or personality	Archetype	30%
A statement or speech of some formality	Address	20%
Hyperbole which references the impossible - Think of Jesus's camel statement	Adynaton	10%
Writing which depends on random means, chance or accident	Aleatory	10%
An indented line used to indicate a new paragraph	Alinéa	10%
A poem in which the verses or stanzas are arranged to look like the subject of the poem	Altar Poem	10%
The device of suddenly breaking off in speech, often in favour of a new or emphatic line of thought	Aposiopesis	10%
Introducing something in negative terms in order to call attention to it and arouse curiosity, e.g: Mark Antony's criticisms of the will in Julius Caesar (III, ii).	Autoclesis	10%
Popular short story in Urdu or Hindi literature.	Afsana	0%