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MTMS Lit Terms

Gold Lit Packet

QuestionAnswer
Hyperbole an exaggeration or overstatement :p
Idiomatic Expression an expression peculiar to itself grammatically or that cannot be understood if taken literally. :p
Imagery group of words which appeals to the senses; serves to intensify the impact of the work
Metaphor comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"; expresses an idea through the image of another object. :p
Oxymoron a two or three word phrase that contains opposite words or ideas. :p
Personification
Simile comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" :p
Alliteration repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words :p
Connotation feeling suggested by a given word :p
Denotation the dictionary definition of a word :p
Characterization method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities :p
Theme main (or major) idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work :p
Fiction any story that is produced of imagination rather than fact :p
Allusion implied or indirect reference to a familiar person, place or event :p
Flashback device used to present action that occurred before the beginning of the story :p
Foreshadowing device that creates expectation or sets up an explanation of later developments :p
Irony Incongruity (or difference) between actual results and expected results :p
Onomatopoeia words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning; words that mimic the sounds they denote :p
Symbolism device in literature where an object represents an idea; something concrete represents something abstract :p
Mood the emotions of a work or of the author in his or her creation of the work; what the reader feels :p
Style the way an author writes :p
Tone the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters :p
Author's Purpose author's intent is either to inform, entertain or persuade :p
Author's Thesis the topic and a specific feeling associated with it :p
Main Idea tha author's central thought; chief topic of a text :p
First Person "personal" point of view; relates events as perceived by a single character :p
Third Person point of view that presents the events from outside a single character's perception :p
Autobiography the story of a person's life written by himself or herself :p
Biography the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the work. :p
Editorials a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers :p
Expository Text text written to explain and convey information about a specific topic :p
Fable narrative intended to convey a moral :p
Folktales a story originating in oral tradition (examples are ghost stories, fairy tales, fables and anecdotes):p
Genre category used to classify literary works :p
Legends story about a mythical or supernatural beings or events, or a story coming down from the past :p
Public Documents a document that focuses on civic issues or matters of public policy at the community level and beyond :p
Affix one or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning or end of word or base :p
Homophone one or two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning :p
Suffix groups of letters placed after a word to modify its meaning or change part of speech :p
Synonym words that have highly similar meanings :p
Climax turning point in a narrative :p
Resolution portion of a story following the climax, in which the conflict is resolved :p
Rising Action part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated :p
Epic long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero of great historic or legendary importance :p
Free Verse poetry that lacks regular metrical and rhyme patterns; sounds like everyday speech :p
Limerick light or humorous verse form of five lines of which line 1,2 and 5 rhymes, and lines 3 and 4 rhyme. :p
Meter repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry :p
Poetic purpose text with literary devices and language peculiar to poetry :p
Rhyme identical or very similar recurring fianl sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem :p
Rhythm pattern or beat of a poem :p
Sonnet a lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed :p
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