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Mr. Carroll's 2
Literary Terms sheet #2
Question | Answer |
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Allegory | A story or film in which people, things and life represent an idea or generalization about life |
Diction | Choice of words |
Epic | Long narrative poem dealing with persons of heroic proportions and actions of great significance |
Hyperbole | A figure of speech using absurd overstatement for poetic, comic effect |
Empathy | Identifying with a person or object in which you participate in posture, motion and sensations that one perceives, “involuntary projection” |
Analogy | A comparison of 2 or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well |