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This is a story with two or more levels of meaning-a literal level and a symbolic level-in which events, setting, and characters are symbols for ideas or qualities.
What is Allegory?
Usually found in a dictionary, this tells you the meaning of a word or phrase.
What is Definition?
Language that goes beyond the literal meanings of words to create special effects or feelings is called ____ language.
What is Figurative?
This is what people use in everyday speech. It usually consists of fairly short sentences and simple vocabulary. It is called _______ speech or language.
What is Informal Language?
This is the use of words that sound like the noises they describe.
What is Onomatopoeia?
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
What is Alliteration?
The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.
What is Denotation?
This kind of language usually has longer sentences and a greater variety of words than everyday speech. Slang, contractions, and jargon are avoided.
What is Formal Language?
This is the contrast between appearance and reality or what is expected and what actually happens.
What is Irony?
This is something which seemingly cannot be, yet it is; a contradiction.
What is an Oxymoron?
This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar.
What is Allusion?
Words that give \"sound\" to poetry or other writing are called sound _______.
What is Devices?
This is extreme exaggeration used in a literary work.
What is Hyperbole?
This refers to the language of a specialized type, usually dealing with a narrow area of study or knowledge. It has a slightly negative connotation, and can imply that the language is mere word play.
What is Jargon?
This is a statement that leads to a contradictory situation in which something seems both true and false.
What is Paradox?
This refers to the feelings and associations that go beyond the dictionary definition of a word.
What is Connotation?
This is the writer\'s choice of words, including the vocabulary used, the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language.
What is Diction?
This is a phrase in common use that can not be understood by literal or ordinary meanings.
What is an Idiom?
This is the ordinary, usual, or exact meaning of words, phrases, or passages. No figurative language or interpretation is involved.
What is Literal Meaning?
This is a type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to nonhuman things.
What is Personification?
When we find the meaning of a word (or phrase) by looking at the words and sentences around it, we are using ____ clues.
What is Context?
This is the substitution of an agreeable or non- offensive phrase for one that might be unpleasant or offensive.
What is Euphemism?
This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
What is Imagery?
This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing.
What is Metaphor?
These are images to help the reader see or hear or feel things. These are details that appeal to the senses.
What is Sensory Details?