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literary terms 2
Question | Answer |
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a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect | hyperbole |
an expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words | idiom |
descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader | imagery |
the act or process of reaching a conclusion about something from known facts or evidence | inference gap |
a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality-usually one in which reality is the opposite of what it seems | irony |
a contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens | situational irony |
when someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another | verbal irony |
where the reader or viewer knows something that a character does not know | dramatic irony |
a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. Does NOT us like or as. | metaphor |
the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | mood |