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Terms Packet Quiz 2
Honors English 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| TROPE | artful variation from the typical way a word is expressed |
| METAPHOR | comparison that refers one thing as another (no like or as) |
| SIMILE | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| SYNECDOCHE | part of something that is used to signify the whole |
| METONYMY | a noun referred to by something closely associated with it |
| PERSONIFICATION | gives inanimate object human qualities by the use of decription |
| HYPERBOLE | use of exaggerated terms for heightened effect |
| LITOTE | use of understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by a negative (emphasizing an idea/word by using its opposite) |
| IRONY | contrast between actual and suggested meaning |
| VERBAL IRONY | saying one thing while meaning the opposite |
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | situation turns out unexpectedly |
| DRAMATIC IRONY | the audience knows more than the characters |
| ONOMATOPOEIA | word whose name suggests its meaning |
| OXYMORON | paradox that combines a pair of contradictory terms into one expression |
| PARADOX | an apparently contradictory statement that contains a measure of truth |
| PUN | a play on words |
| ALLUSION | reference to something well-known in history and/or literature |
| ANTHROPOMORPHISM | attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects by the use of actions |
| APOSTROPHE | type of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present |
| DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | author directly reveals a character's personality |
| INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | the author forces the reader to make judgments about a character based on clues |
| INTERNAL CONFLICT | opposing forces within a person's mind |
| EXTERNAL CONFLICT | struggle with forces in the external world |
| FOIL | a character who acts as a contrast to another character |
| FLASHBACK | scene that interrupts the normal sequence of events to show something that happened at an earlier time |
| FORESHADOWING | use of clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot |
| POINT OF VIEW | vantage point from which the writer tells a story |
| FIRST PERSON | one of the characters tells the story. using pronouns like "I" and "we" |
| THIRD PERSON LIMITED | unknown narrator focuses on the thoughts of one character |
| OMNISCIENT | all-knowing person tells everything about many characters |
| OBJECTIVE | totally impersonal narrator who makes no comments on characters or events |
| SUSPENSE | feeling of curiosity and uncertainty about what will happen next |
| THEME | insight about human life revealed in a work |
| TONE | attitude a writer takes |
| EXAMPLE OF A TROPE | "The light bulb was turned on" "The light bulb, bright as the sun, was turned on" |
| EXAMPLE OF A METAPHOR | "The dog was a ball of fur" |
| EXAMPLE OF A SIMILE | "You're as slow as a turtle" |
| EXAMPLE OF A SYNECDOCHE | Stephanie Crawford in TKAM |
| EXAMPLE OF METONYMY | "We are waiting on a statement from the White House" |
| EXAMPLE OF PERSONIFICATION | "Watching the gate hang crazily" - TKAM |
| EXAMPLE OF A HYPERBOLE | "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" |
| EXAMPLE OF A LITOTE | "She's not the sharpest tool in the shed" |
| EXAMPLE OF IRONY | A traffic cop gets their license suspended for unpaid traffic tickets |
| EXAMPLE OF VERBAL IRONY | "That water is as clear as mud" |
| EXAMPLE OF SITUATIONAL IRONY | A fire station burns down. A policeman gets arrested. |
| EXAMPLE OF DRAMATIC IRONY | Scene in a murder movies when the audience knows where the killer is, but the actor doesn't |
| EXAMPLE OF AN ONOMATOPOIEA | Bang; thud; clink |
| EXAMPLE OF AN OXYMORON | Jumbo shrimp; passive aggressive; walking dead |
| EXAMPLE OF A PARADOX | "War is peace." "Freedom is slavery." "Ignorance is strength." (George Orwell, 1984) |
| EXAMPLE OF A PUN | "Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie." |
| EXAMPLE OF AN ALLUSION | "Quit being such a Romeo!" (referring to Romeo and Juliet) |
| EXAMPLE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM | The way Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse walk and talk like humans |
| EXAMPLE OF AN APOSTROPHE | "Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again." -Paul Simon |
| EXAMPLE OF DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | "She is impatient and hates to wait" -directly states |
| EXAMPLE OF INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION | "The boy glared at his friend who had a new toy" -shows jealousy |
| EXAMPLE OF INTERNAL CONFLICT | "Should i study or watch TV?" |
| EXAMPLE OF EXTERNAL CONFLICT | Jim and Bob got into a fistfight. |
| EXAMPLE OF FOIL | Relationship between Jack and Ralph in LOTF |
| EXAMPLE OF A FLASHBACK | "The army helmet reminded the veteran of his days back in WWII. He remembered the sounds of gunshots." |
| EXAMPLE OF FORESHADOWING | Shakespeare hints that Romeo and Juliet will eventually commit suicide. |
| EXAMPLE OF POINT OF VIEW | 1st, 2nd, 3rd POV |
| EXAMPLE OF FIRST PERSON | "WE headed towards the store." |
| EXAMPLE OF THIRD PERSON LIMITED | "Ricky liked bacon. He had it everyday for breakfast." |
| EXAMPLE OF OMNISCIENCE | "Jim washed the dishes while Bob vacuumed." |
| EXAMPLE OF OBJECTIVE WRITING | sources of factual, non-opinionated info. (newspaper, non-fiction) |
| EXAMPLE OF SUSPENSE | When an author ends the chapter at a cliffhanger |
| EXAMPLE OF THEME | Human nature & rites of passage in LOTF |
| EXAMPLE OF TONE | Toughness and sarcasm in Catcher in the Rye |
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