LA FINAL Flashcards
SUMMARIZING
to tell in or reduce to a summary
HYPERBOLE
exaggeration for the sake of emphasis
- i.e: “mile-high ice-cream cones”
PERSONIFICATION
representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form
FORESHADOWING
to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand
SIMILE
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
- i.e: “She’s as fierce as a tiger”
TYPES OF CONFLICT
man vs. self man vs. man man vs. society man vs. nature man vs. machine man vs. supernatural
RESOLUTION
the unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story
PLOT
a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story.
TONE
the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character
ALLITERATION
the repetition of first consonants in a group of words
REPETITION
repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer.
RISING/FALLING ACTION
the buildup before the climax, and the resolving of the problem/climax afterwards
EXPOSITION
used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc
DIALOGUE
writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with each other
IDIOM
a phrase in which the words together have a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words
- i.e: “it drives me up the wall.”
