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Literary Terms 1 Flashcards

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Simile

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Comparison using like or as

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Alliteration

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Reposition of a constant sound at the beginning of words

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Assonance

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Repetition of a similar vowel sound followed by different constant sounds close together

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Connotation

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Various feelings, image, and memories that surround award

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Exapanded Moments

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Slow downs to stretch out the tension in the story

Ex: “she stopped, checked he watch, straightened her skirt, and pushed the doors open

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Foreshadowing

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Hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story

  • Builds suspense
  • Prepares the reader for events
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Idiom

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Expression in one language that cannot be translated directly in another.

Ex:”Bee in her Bonnet” “Back to the drawing bored” “Don’t cry over spilt milk”

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Imagery

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Words and phrases that help a reader experience in their mind what is happening in the story or poem; metal picture
Ex.Snow

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Metaphor

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Compares two unlike things that have things in common. The comparison is made without “like” or “as”. Ex: The sun is a flower. The lamp post stood guard on the corner.

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Onomontopia

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To use words that represents sounds. EX: BOOM KABOOM

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Oxymoron

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Two more words that contrident (go against) each other

Ex: pretty ugly ,big shrimp

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Parallelism

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Use of similar of identical language, structures, events, or ideas in different parts of the text
Ex: dancing butterflies, Chirping crickets, and dandelions fluff.

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
EX: Toy Story, The Brave Little Toaster

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Repetition

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A specific word, phase or structure repeated several times usually close together.
EX: of the people, by the people, for the people

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Symbolism

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The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas
Ex: Statue of Liberty= Freedom

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Allusion

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A reference to well know person, place, event, literacy work, or work, of art to add meaning for the reading
EX: He’s a real Roman

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Dialect

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Speech that reflects a particular region by words or sounds

EX: drinking fountain/ drinking bubbler

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Flashback

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Interruption of the chronological (time) order to process something that occurred before.

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Hyperbole

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Purposeful exaggeration that emphasis is or humor.

EX: my fish 🐟 I said 🐋

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Humor

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A work that makes the character and/or situation seem funny, amusing, ludicrous
EX: Lonny Tunes

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Irony

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Surprising or amusing contradictions or contrast.

EX: taking an elevator to the fitness club.

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Situational

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Events occurs that is the opposite of expectation.

*type of Irony

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Verbal

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Words are used to suggest the opposite meaning

*type of Irony

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Satire

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Writing that comments humorously on human, flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them
EX: SNL

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Suspense

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A feeling of excitement curiosity, or expectancy about what will happen
EX: Will you name be drawn for the grand prize?

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Mood

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The feeling a piece of literature is intended to create in the reader
EX:mood= emotion/feeling (sad,excitement)

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Tone

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General attitude of a piece of writing

EX. Somber

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Nouns

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Word that names a person, place, thing or idea.

Ex. Washington D.C.

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Verbs

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Words that express an action or a state of being.

EX. Action- jump, hide Being- is, are, be, being, been.

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Adjectives

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Words that describe; modify nouns or pronouns.

Ex. Pretty, lazy, quick

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Adverbs

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Words the modify verbs- usually end in ly

Ex. Softly, quickly, very, too

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Preposition

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Words that show a relationship between a noun or pronouns

Ex. Before, on, below, after

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Conjunction

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Words that join other words or groups of words

Ex. FANBOYS for, and, no, but, or, yet, so

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Interjections

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Words that express emotion

Ex. WOW! Ouch! Hooray!

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