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Literary Terms
Question | Answer |
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blank verse | poetry that doesn't rhyme |
diction | a speakers choice of words |
epithet | a phrase that is used to characterize a person, place or thing |
farce | a comedy in which characters are involved in silly situations |
folktale | an anonymous traditional story that was passed down from generation to generation |
irony | a contrast between what is expected and reality |
verbal irony | when the speaker says one thing and means another |
situational irony | when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected |
dramatic irony | when the reader knows something important that the character doesn't know |
myth | an anonymous traditional story that is religious in nature that explains a belief or natural phenomenom |
onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
pun | a play on multiple meanings of a word |
satire | a kind of writing that makes fun of human weakness to bring about a change |
soliloquy | a long speech made by one character |
sonnet | a 14 line lyric poem |
suspense | the uncertainty the reader feels about what will happen next in the story |
trickster tale | a folktale that features a character called a trickster that is usually a small animal |