Literary Terms I
Literary Terms II
Literary Terms III
Literary Terms IV
Literary Terms V
100
comparing two things using like or as
What is a Simile
100
an extended explanation or description of something unfamiliar to explain something familiar
What is Figurative Language
100
An unexpected outcome based on the series of events.
What is Irony
100
The idea or feeling a word evokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is Connotation
100
An appeal using logical reasoning
What is Logos
200
a comparison of two things in order to make an important point
What is a metaphor
200
The reason the author wrote the text
What is Author's Purpose
200
A strategy used to let the reader know what it about to happen in the text
What is Foreshadowing
200
A reference to a historical document, place, person or thing
What is Allusion
200
An appeal using ethics, morals or beliefs
What is Ethos
300
different words similar meanings
What is a synonym
300
The most important point or idea that the author is trying to get across
What is Central Idea
300
To state something without stating it
What is Imply
300
Evidence taken directly from a text to support your answer
What is Textual Evidence
300
An appeals to a persons emotions
What is Pathos
400
Opposite meaning of a word
What is an Antonym
400
A strategy used by the author to appeal to one/all of the five senses.
What is Imagery
400
An overstatement or extreme eaggeration
What is Hyperbole
400
Meaning the opposite of what was said
What is Verbal Irony
400
A question asked to make a point
What is Rhetorical
500
repetition of the initial sound of several words in a group.
What is Alliteration
500
A conversation between two or more people
What is Dialouge
500
The attitude the writer takes toward their subject
What is Tone
500
Literal meaning of a word
What is Denotation
500
The art of persuading
What is Rhetoric
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