lit midterm Flashcards
study for literature midterm
what is a hyperbaly
an egadration that cant be true
what is an allusion
a reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, sports, or science
what is personification
giving a non human a human characteristic
what is a simile
a comparison of dissimilar items using like or as
what is a metaphor
a comparison of otherwise dissimilar items not using like or as
what is a symbol
something that stands for something else
what is imagery
`language that appeals to senses
what is an idiom
an expression pulicar to a particular that means something different from the literal meaning of the words
what is verbal irony
what one says is opposite of one expects - play on words
what is situational irony
what one says is the opposite of what one expects to happen
what is dramatic irony
the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not
what is foreshadowing
author giving hints about what might happen later in the story
