Extended Lit Terms

Question 1

A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities (Animal Farm)

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Allegory

Question 2

Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate objects

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Anthropomorphism

Question 3

Calling out to imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or personified idea (typically begins with “O”)

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Apostrophe

Question 4

A word or phrase in every day use in conversation in informal writing

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Colloquialism

Question 5

Dictionary definition of the word

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Denotation

Question 6

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or the inhabitants of a certain geographical area (accents, sound of words)

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Dialect

Question 7

Form of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson

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Didactic

Question 8

A character who acts as a contrast to another character (differences)

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Foil

Question 9

A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change

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Satire

Question 10

A style that portrays the inner(often chaotic) workings of a characters mind 

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Stream of Consciousness

Question 11

Language spoken by the people who live in a particular place (word choice)

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Vernacular