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Literary Terms KL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Figuartive Language | A technique in writing in which the author temporarily interrupts the order, construction, or meaning of the writing for a particular effect |
| Literal Language | An author uses literal language when he or she writes without exaggerating or embellishing the subject matter and without any tools of figurative language. |
| Connotation | The impression that a word gives beyond its defined meaning |
| Denotation | The definition of a word, apart from the impressions or feelings it creates in the reader |
| Dramatic Irony | Irony built into the characters' actions and not just their words--depends upon a contradiction of expectations. Characters expect one thing and get another |
| Exposition | Writing intended to explain the nature of an idea, thing, or theme |
| Free verse | open form poetry, free verse refers to poems characterized by their nonconformity |