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English 1 EOC
Study Terms
Term | Definition |
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allusion | reference to a statement historical event literature religion mythology |
paradox | statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth |
imagery | language that appeals to the senses |
personification | kind of metaphor in which human qualities are given to something non-human |
satire | type of writing that ridicules something in order to reveal a weakness |
simile | a comparison that uses like or as |
metaphor | a comparison that does not use like or as |
hyperbole | a exaggeration used to express strong emotion |
idiom | expression peculiar to a a particular language that means something different from its literal meaning |
foreshadow | the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot |
flashback | interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened ata n earlier time |