Literary Term

Question 1

Commence

Answer 1

To start or begin something

Question 2

Allegory

Answer 2

Symbol of something

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Often used in tongue twisters

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

An implied comparison between 2 unlike things

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Simile

Answer 5

A metaphor that uses like or as

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Imagery

Answer 6

Using the 5 senses to create a mental image

Question 7

Symbol

Answer 7

An object that represents something meaningful

Question 8

Dialogue

Answer 8

2 people engaged in conversation

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Giving non-living things human traits

Question 10

Hyperbole

Answer 10

Extreme exaggeration

Question 11

Irony (Verbal)

Answer 11

Contradicts what happened

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Irony (Situational)

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Lead to believe something will happen then it does the opposite

Question 13

Irony (Dramatic)

Answer 13

When the reader knows something that the character doesn’t

Question 14

Idiom

Answer 14

Something everyone says but if you took it literally you would hurt yourself

Question 15

Understatement

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When you say something is less important then it actually is

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Allusion

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A brief indirect reference to something

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that imitate a sound

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Apprehension

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Fear or worry about something

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Unabated

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Continuing without stopping

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Denunciation

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Publicly criticizing someone

Question 21

Vindication

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Prood that someone is right after being doubted