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Literary Terms, etc.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brenda bought Bob's baby blanket. | alliteration |
| We see the need for speed. | assonance |
| She was as crazy as a loon. | simile |
| Her eyes, blue diamonds, shimmered in the moonlight. | metaphor |
| He's young, but he is old. | paradox |
| The Night of the Living Dead | oxymoron |
| an extreme exaggeration | hyperbole |
| Death has chosen him to be his heir. | personification |
| words that describe noun | adjectives |
| words that describe verbs | adverbs |
| words that receive the action of the verb | direct objects |
| The person/thing receiving the direct object | indirect object |
| words that show position | prepositions |
| FANBOYS | coordinating conjunction |
| affect | is a verb |
| effect | is a noun |
| Which is a coordinating conjunction? | nor |
| An example of author's purpose | to entertain |
| The main character | protagonist |
| a character who changes | dynamic |
| a character who stays the same | static |
| A one-dimensional character | flat |
| Uses āIā | first person |
| When the narrator is all-knowing | omniscient |