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8 Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms Column 2
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| words,phrases,or sentances that are meant to be taken imaginatively rather than literally (pun,idiom,proverb, meatphor, hyperbole, personification, simile) | Figurative Language |
| part of a selection that tells about events that happened earlier than the current time setting | Flashback |
| the authors way of giving hints about something that might happen later | Foreshadowing |
| an extreme exaggeration used for a particular purpose (Ex. I could eat a horse) | hyperbole |
| a phrase or expression whose meaning is different from what the words say literally | idiom |
| a mental picture created by words the writer uses. (Ex. Lobsters scuttled across the silent floor) | Image |
| the use of images in a passage | Imagery |
| a situation in literature in which something appears, or when there is a difference than it between what is said and what is meant, or where there is a difference between what someone thinks about a situation and what is truly the case. | irony |
| a comparison of one thing to an unlike thing, or one thing written about as if it were another person (Ex. Time is money or life'a a bowl of cherries | Metaphor |
| the feeling or atmosphere created by the writer (Ex. ominous, relaxed, sunny, nostalgic, mischeivous, serious) | Mood |
| the person telling the story | narrator |
| the use of words that sound like the thing or noise they name (Ex. whistling, whirling wind, hiss, clang, drip, splat, crash) | Onomatopoeia |
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