Literary Terms
Literary Terms II
Misc.
Save the Drama for yo' Mama
Figurative Language
100
The overall atmosphere of a piece of literature.
What is mood?
100
The telling of an event that happened before the beginning of the story.
What is flashback?
100
The base word. Example: what MOUSE is to mice, or what RUN is to running.
What is a root word?
100
TYPES OF IRONY: Sarcasm
What is verbal irony?
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
200
How the author feels about his/her subject.
What is tone?
200
The way a writer develops a characters personality.
What is characterization?
200
When you say one thing, but mean the opposite.
What is sarcasm?
200
TYPES OF IRONY: The contrast between what the reader expects to happen and what actually happens.
What is situational irony?
200
A comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
300
A life lesson in a complete sentence.
What is theme?
300
An educated guess or a conclusion based on evidence.
What is an inference.
300
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation.
300
TYPES OF IRONY: When the reader knows something that a character or characters don't.
What is dramatic irony?
400
Description using the five senses.
What is imagery?
400
The narrator of a poem.
What is the speaker?
400
An attitude or feeling associated with a word that is not its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
400
When a character addresses a silent or absent listener.
What is a monologue?
400
Giving human qualities to an inhuman thing.
What is personification?
500
Hints or clues about what will happen later on in the story.
What is foreshadow?
500
A writer's choice of words.
What is diction.
500
Language that communicates meaning beyond the literal meaning of words. Ex: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole.
What is figurative language.
500
A speech where a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud.
What is a Soliloquy?
500
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
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