Vocabulary
Definitions
Examples
Miscellaneous 1
Miscellaneous 2
100
Sonnet
14 Line Poem
100
A contrast between expectation and reality
Irony
100
Hogwarts
Setting
100
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
100
Symbolism
A device in literature in which an object represents and idea
200
Editorial
An article giving opinions or perspectives
200
A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience
Inference
200
The mud grabbed his shoe and held on for dear life.
Personification
200
A lesson taught by a literary work
Moral
200
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Allusion
300
Parable
A simple story that illustrates a religious or moral lesson
300
Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses
Sensory Language
300
A story told by a character in the story (1st person point of view) is an example of?
Point of View
300
Events leading up to the climax
Rising action
300
Bias
A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific
400
Pun
A play on words involving the use of words with similar sounds but different meaning, words with 2+ meaning, or words with the same sound but different meanings.
400
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
Propaganda
400
Blond Hair Blue eyes Smart Short Funny What are these examples of?
Character Traits
400
Meter
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
400
An overused saying or idea
Cliche
500
Synecdoche
Using one part of an object to represent the entire object.
500
A type of autobiography that covers a short period of time, taken from a private diary or journal, it is the day to day record of events in a persons life, written for personal use and pleasure. It tells of the people and events that the author has known or witnessed.
Memoir
500
Book: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. This is an example of what?
Denotation
500
"The Road Not Taken" is an example of?
Poem
500
Antithesis Give and example
Bitter-sweet
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