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Literature Potpourri
Often Confused Words
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Rhetorical Devices
Punctuation
Literature: Terms to know
100
This refers to the dropping of hints or clues that provide insight into what will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
100
This word means "at or in a specific place."
What is there?
100
When will we finally say, "No more," and stand up for our rights?
What is rhetorical question
100
This punctuation mark can be used to separate items in a simple list.
What is a comma
100
A perfect example.
What is an archetype
200
This type of literature mocks or pokes fun at a person/situation/etc. for the purpose of entertainment.
What is parody?
200
This word means "a rule or code of conduct."
What is principle?
200
We create a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is parallelism
200
This punctuation mark separates two complete sentences that have a similar subject.
What is a semicolon
200
A structure in a story that stands for something completely different.
What is a symbol
300
This is a short fictitious story that teaches a moral or religious lesson.
What is a parable?
300
This word means "to continue or go on."
What is proceed?
300
I have cried the tears of a thousand men!
What is hyperbole
300
This punctuation mark introduces a list.
What is a colon
300
The main point of a story - what an author wants you to "get" from reading it.
What is theme
400
This is a seeming contradiction which is actually true.
What is a paradox?
400
This word means "to be cognizant or aware, not asleep."
What is conscious?
400
We must break free from the chains of injustice!
What is metaphor
400
Which punctuation mark is missing? "I knew beyond a doubt that I was suffering from one ailment exhaustion."
What is a colon
400
This term is used when the unexpected happens.
What is irony
500
This is a type of literature in which the characters/objects represent something beyond themselves.
What is an allegory?
500
This word means "to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy."
What is censure?
500
Unlike you who will sit and wait for justice to come, I will get up and fight for it!
What is antithesis
500
Which punctuation mark is missing? "His cheeks were like roses his nose was a cherry!"
What is a semicolon
500
This term refers to a work of literature that ridicules some aspect of society to bring about social reform.
What is satire