English 2 Literary Terms

A

100

Everyone deserves justice

Be grateful for what you have

Hard work pays off

Facing your fears can help overcome them

Theme

200

• A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways."

This is an example of ___. 

pathos

300

A woman is about to get married. As she puts on her veil, she remembers her fiancé three years before, swearing he would make her his wife someday. A tear comes to her eye and she prepares to walk down the aisle.

Flashback

400

Research shows that wearing sunscreen helps prevent premature aging.

This is an example of ___.

Logos

B

100

Ms. Perkins does not raise her voice to her students. She gives a lot of chances to comply with requests. 

This is an example of ____. 

indirect characterization 

200

Tonya could not decide if she wanted to break up with her boyfriend.  

This is an example of what?

internal conflict

300

You have a heart of gold.

Life is a rollercoaster.

Her eyes were fireflies.

Metaphor

400

The menacing music in Jaws always plays just before the shark arrives on the scene. This is an example of ___

Foreshadowing 

C

100

Who has the best fast food fries?

Chick-fil-a or McDonald's 

200

Ms. Perkins asked her students to stop talking a million times. 

hyperbole

300

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, we—the audience—know that Juliet is not in fact dead at the end, only drugged to appear in a deep, death-like sleep. But Romeo doesn't know that, so he kills himself.

This is an example of what?

Dramatic Irony

400

The rain knew I needed to hear its pattering as I rested. 

personification 

D

100

• I’m trying to sound like Queen B: Beyonce
• Today may be the Ides of March: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
• It would be a good idea to sit on my thinking chair right now: Blue’s Clues
• I’m dressed like a caped crusader: Batman

All of these are examples of what?

allusion 

200

“I loved the old man I think it was his eye… I made up my mind to take the old man's life and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

This is an example of what?

Verbal Irony

300

lazy, bossy, stubborn, and nosy all have a negative _________

connotation 

400

Who is the antagonist in The Tale Tell Heart?

The Narrator

E

100

Micah is a good student. 

This is an example of what?

Direct Characterizaion

200

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

Imagery

300

A mom of four small children recommends using pampers diapers. 

This is an example of what?

Ethos

400

Man v/s severe weather  (flood, tornado, earthquake, etc. )

external conflict