Literary Terms A
Literary Terms B
Literary Terms C
Types of Context Clues A
Types of Context Clues B
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The repetition of the same sound, usually a consonant. Example: She sells seashells down by the seashore.
What is Alliteration?
100
A figure of speech in which a statement is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect. Example: This suitcase weighs a ton. (2000 lbs- an obvious exaggeration)
What is Hyperbole?
100
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. Does not contain words such as like, as than or resembles. It states that one thing is actually somthing else.
What is a Metaphor?
100
A clue that tells what the word does not mean. Signal words: yet, while, differ from, unlike, instead, but Example: Unlike their DECEPTIVE friends, Molly was very well-behaved and honest.
What is Contrast?
100
Contains a form of the verb to be between an unfamiliar word and its meaning. Example: The patient suffered from AMNESIA, loss of memory.
What is Definition
200
Reference to a statement, well known person, place or event from literature, history, mythology, politics, sports, science, or the arts. They usually come from information that the author presumes the reader will know. Example: He thinks he is "Romeo". A reference to Shakespeare's "Romeo", a passionate lover of Juliet.
What is Allusion?
200
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning. (meow, buzz, splash)
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meaning. Example: I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
What is a Pun?
200
Relationship within the passage can signal meaning to the word. Signal words: if, due to, because of, result, consequently, therefore. Example: Due to the DEARTH of good food in the cafeteria, students had to bring in their own lunches.
What is Cause and Effect?
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Clears up the meaning of the word or phrase set off by commas. Example: The LLAMA, an animal related to the camel, lives primarily in South America.
What is Restatement
300
An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
What is flashback?
300
A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. The comparison is conveyed by means of the word LIKE or AS.
What is Simile?
300
A form of verbal irony, usually harsh, that it is often used as an insult.
What is Sarcasm?
300
The words's exact meaning.
What is Denotations?
300
Explanatory word or phrase set off by commas. Example: A GEODE is the cavity of a hollow rock.
What is a Apposition
400
A writer's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot. It creates suspense and prepares the reader for what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
400
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. It involves the tension that arise from the discrepancy.
What is Irony?
400
Type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform. Tries to persuade a reader to do or believe something by showing that the opposite view is absurd, vicious or inhumane.
What is Satire?
400
The positive or negative feelings associated with the word.
What is Connotations?
400
The writer clarifies the meaning by giving the reader an example, using such phrases as "for instance", "such as", and "for example".
What is Example?
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Language that appeals to the senses. Consist of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader. (Visual, auditory, smell, taste, feel)
What is Imagery?
500
A literary technique used to achieve a particular effect, such as descriptive language and figurative language.
What is Literary Device?
500
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing or quality is written about as if it were human. Example: The rock had an open wound.
What is Personification?
500
Means the exact opposite of the word.
What is Antonyms?
500
compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological order, argument and argument support.
What is Text structure?
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