Lit terms part 2 (identify examples) Flashcards
What is this an example of?
“ The weakest can help the strongest”
Allegory (a generalization about life from a story, which often has a strong moral or lesson)
The tortoise and the hare story is an example of _____
an allegory (a generalization about life from a story, which often has a strong moral or lesson)
The phrase “chocolate cake is my Achilles heel” is an example of
an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)
What is this an example of?
“He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein”
an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)
What is this an example of?
“He’s a real Romeo with the ladies”
(bro wtf)
an allusion (a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event)
What is this an example of?
“She’s as blind as a bat.”
an analogy
(a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)
What is this an example of?
Finding that lost dog will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
Analogy (a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)
What is this an example of?
Time is money
Analogy (a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well)
Voldemort is an example of an _______
antagonist (person or thing working against the protagonist, or hero, of the work)
What type of conflict is this?
Harry Potter vs. Voldemort
person vs. person (one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the characters)
What type of conflict is this?
Skywalker vs. Darth Vader
person vs. person (one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the characters)
What type of conflict is this?
Katniss Everdeen vs. oppressive government
society vs person (a character has a problem with some element of society: the school, the law, the accepted way of doing things)
What type of conflict is this?
Characters struggling to chose someone from a love triangle
person vs self (a character has a problem deciding what to do in a certain situation)
What type of conflict is this?
Character vs. tornado
person vs nature (a character has a problem with nature: heat, cold, a tornado, an avalanche, or any other element of nature)
What type of conflict is this?
Macbeth vs. prophecy
person vs fate (a character must battle what seems to be an uncontrollable problem. can be attributed to fate or an act of God)
What type of language is this?
BP - medical abbreviation for Blood Pressure
FX - medical abbreviation for bone fracture
Jargon (specialized language used by a particular group)
What type of literature is this?
“John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” describes a religious and spiritual journey of a man on the way to deliverance”
Didactic ( instructs or presents a moral or religious statement)
The Odyssey is an _______
epic (a long narrative poem that tells of the deeds and adventures of a hero)
What are these examples of:
Alexander the Great
Material Girl
Ms. Know it All
Epithet (a word or phrase used in place of a person’s place; it is a characteristic of that person)
The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of a ______
fable (A short fictional narrative that teaches a lesson. It usually includes animals that talk and act like people)
What are these examples of:
Hope for the best; prepare for the worst.
No pain, no gain.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Antithesis (An opposition of ideas)
What is this an example of
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse
hyperbole (an exaggeration or overstatement)
What are these examples of:
Her eyes were diamonds.
He is a shining star
The snow is a white blanket
metaphor (a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (like or as) is used)
What is this an example of
“We will swear loyalty to the crown”
metonymy (the substituting of one word for another related word) (crown stands for royal)
