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Definitions
Examples
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Literature

Written works, especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic merit

100

Essay

a short piece of writing on a particular subject

100

a story with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel

Short Story

100

One object stands for or represents something else

Symbolism

100

Jumbo Shrimp

Oxymoron

200

Words that imitate sounds

Onomatopoeia

200

Biography

an account of someone’s life written by someone else

200

Nonfiction

prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people

200

A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”

Simile

200

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore

Alliteration

300

Drama

a play for theater, radio, or television; an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances

300

A trite or overused remark

Cliché

300

a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the sue of distinctive style and rhythm

Poetry

300

Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people

Fiction

300

The sun smiled down on the athletes.

Personification

400

Allusion

Bringing something to mind without mentioning it specifically. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art to enrich the reading experience by adding meaning.

400

The use of words to convey a meaning by using language that normally means the opposite

Irony

400

Rhyme

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words

400

a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources; an autobiography or a written account of one’s memory of certain events or people

Memoir

400

The Great Gatsby

Novel

500

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

500

Genre

a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter

500

Give an example of a metaphor.

Varying responses.

500

The expression means something other than the literal meaning of the individual words

Idiom

500

I couldn’t remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.

Pun