LITERARY TERMS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
TEXT
STRUCTURES
100
STORY OR POEM IN WHICH THE CHARACTERS,SETTING,EVENTS STAND FOR OTHER PEOPLE OR EVENTS OR FOR ABSTRACT IDEAS OR QUALITIES.CAN BE READ ON A LITERAL MEANING AND ON A SECOND,SYMBOLIC MEANING.
What is ALLEGORY
100
THE USE OF EXAGGERATION AS A RHETORICAL DEVICE OR FIGURE OF SPEECH.
What is HYPERBOLE
100
SETS UP A PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION.
What is PROBLEM/SOLUTION.
200
A BRIEF REFERENCE TO A PERSON,PLACE,THING,EVENT OR IDEA IN HISTORY OR LITERATURE.
What is ALLUSION
200
a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect that, usually, provides clarity; thus, the implied conceptual relationship rhetorically highlights the, at times difficult to conceive, similarities between two ideas.
What is METAPHOR
200
THE OPERATION OR RELATION OF A CAUSE AND ITS AFFECT.
What is CAUSE AND AFFECT
300
repetition of the same sound in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word.
What is ALLITERATION
300
(of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred
What is CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
400
The point in the plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest. After this point, nothing can remain the same; greatest turning point in the story.
What is CLIMAX
500
dictionary definition of a word.
What is DENOTATION
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