Vocab
Literary Terms A
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Definitions
Literary Terms B
100
To position
What is Deploy?
100
The deeper meaning or message of a work of literature.
What is theme?
100
A short story written to teach a lesson or emphasize a moral.
What is parable?
100
Reiterate
What is to repeat?
100
Monologue
What is Long speech in drama where one addresses others?
200
Flexible
What is pliable?
200
Literary technique that hints at events to come later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
200
Connotation
What is an expanded definition of a word and things connected with it, usually based on stereotypes?
200
Fortitude
What is courage in facing difficulties?
200
Drama
What is type of literature written in dialogue and meant to perform?
300
An expression of scorn
What is gibes?
300
The atmosphere the author create for his/her reader.
What is Mood?
300
The repetition of similar consonant sounds, usually at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
300
Unkempt
What is untidy?
300
Metaphor
What is a figure of speech that compares 2 unlike things?
400
Word for word
What is verbatim?
400
The emotional high point of the story, also known as the turning point.
What is Climax?
400
Literary technique that skips back in time to tell of events that happened before.
What is Flashback?
400
Tentative
What is hesitant?
400
Simile
What is a comparison in literature that uses like or as?
500
a mask
What is guise?
500
When a literal and figurative meaning both exist, when one thing represents another.
What is Symbolism?
500
The beginning of a story where the characters, setting and the conflict are revealed.
What is Exposition?
500
Augment
What is to increase?
500
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration in literature?
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