Literary terms
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
allusion
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
Personification
Renames, or identifies, a noun or pronoun. If is is a nonessential phrase it is set off by commas
appositive phrase
What information goes into the heading of an MLA formatting paper, and in the order listed?
Student name, teacher name, class name, date due
choose affect or effect:
The new rules go into _________ on the first of the month.
effect
A comparison without using like or as
metaphor
A word that imitates the sound it represents
onomatopoeia
A verb form that functions as a noun and ends in -ing; this phrase includes complements and modifiers in addition to the verb
gerund phrase
What information goes in the running head?
Student last name and page number
choose affect or effect:
The __________ of the hurricane is being felt throughout the state.
effect
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
Connotation
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
Oxymoron
A preposition plus its object and modifiers
prepositional phrase
What formatting should be used for the font and line spacing?
Times New Roman, 12 point, normal text, double spaced
Identify the prepositional phrases:
A new housing development has been constructed across the river from town.
across the river
from town
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
hyperbole
A character who is in most ways opposite to the main character (protagonist) or one who is nearly the same as the protagonist; used to emphasize the traits of the main character by contrast only
foil
a verb form that functions like an adjective; can be either present tense and end in -ing or past tense and end in -ed.
participial phrase
If you do not properly cite your sources you will be accused of this
plagiarism
identify the prepositional phrases :
We decided that Mrs. Fulton would have to work for another ten years.
A three dimensional character
round character
A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response
Archetypal character
consists of the word "to" plus a verb. Can function as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns
infinitive phrase
How are titles of books formatted?
In italics
Everyone at the fund raiser worked under great pressure to get the job finished on time.
at the fund raiser
under great pressure
on time