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Question 0

Definition- The presentation of details, characters, or incidents in a narrative in such a way that later events are prepared for (or “shadowed forth”)

Example- “Foreshadowing can be, in fact, a form of ‘backwriting.’ The writer goes back through the copy and adds foreshadowing to prepare the reader for later events.

More Information- The witches in the opening scene of Shakespeare’s Macbeth foreshadow the evil events that will follow.

Answer 0

Foreshadowing

Question 1

Definition- adjective intended to explain or describe something.

Example- However, he too often employs lengthy expository.

More information- A pedagogical term for any form of writing that conveys information and explains ideas: exposition.

Answer 1

Expository

Question 2

Definition-
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).

Example- Sometimes imagery is also used to refer to figurative language, in particular metaphors and similes.

More information- Gustatory (Taste) Imagery
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
(William Carlos Williams, "This Is Just to Say")

Answer 2

Imagery

Question 3

Definition- the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Example- the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny

More Information-a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

Answer 3

Irony

Question 4

Definition- the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing

Example- a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech

More Information- a dull or ordinary style, quality, or condition

Answer 4

Prose

Question 5

Definition- flash·back- a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past

Example- a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into a person’s mind

More Information- a recession of flame to an unwanted position (as into a blowpipe)

Answer 5

Flashback