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Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| concrete details | a direct quote from the story that supports or answers a question in support of the main idea |
| adjectives | words that describe nouns |
| adverbs | words that describe adjectives, verbs and other adverbs |
| alliteration | a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| analogy | is a comparison in which a subject is likened to something or someone far different. The comparison is usually done with the aim of clarifying a subject or idea |
| antecedent | a word or phrase which comes before in a sentence and is referred to later in the same sentence |
| declaratives | a sentence which is a mere statement of fact |
| ellipsis | A punctuation mark of 3 periods in a line revealing that something has been left out or already understood by the reader. Words that describe nouns |
| exclamations | a statement showing surprise, or astonishment |
| flashback | a method of increasing tension by referring to an earlier event |
| foreshadowing | a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come |
| generalization | is a broad statement about an entire group |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs |
| imagery | figurative language using sensory words |
| imperatitives | a statement which gives a command |
| infer | to judge based on reasoning rather than on direct or explicit statement |
| interrogatives | asks a question |
| irony | a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be |
| metaphor | a figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as" |
| nouns | words that name a person, place or thing |
| onomatopoeia | a literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents |
| parable | a brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson |
| parallelism | a repetition of sentences, phrases or words using the same structure |
| personification | a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human characteristics |
| phrase | group of words not a complete sentence |
| preposition | a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word |
| pronouns | words which can take the place of nouns |
| simile | figure of speech, a comparison between two unlike quantities using the words "like" or "as" |
| understatement | a statement which lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant |
| verbs | a word showing action; state of being |
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