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L Terms
Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | an exaggeration, also known as overstatement |
| idiom | an phrase that is worded oddly, yet everyone understands. EX: Its raining cats and dogs outside |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses- great description of sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch |
| in media res | Latin for "in the middle of things"- it's when a piece of literature starts in the middle of the action, not in the beginning |
| irony | a contrast between what should be and what seems to be, a difference between expectation and fulfillment. |
| dramatic irony | when the audience knows something about the plot that the characters don't know |
| cosmic irony | the depiction or fate or the universe as malicious or indifferent to human suffering, creating a painful contrast between our purposeful activity and its ultimate meaningless |
| situational irony | a technique in which the logical outcome doesn't happen- an illogical, unforseen outcome (usually the opposite of what SHOULD happen) |
| verbal irony | saying one thing, meaning another |
| juxtposition | placing unexpected combinations of words or ideas side by side |
| legend | a widely told story of the past that might or might not be true |
| litotes | deliberate understatement in which an idea or opinion is often affirmed by negating its opposite EX:(Queen Victoria saying, "We are not amused") |
| metaphor | comparing two unlike things- doesn't use "like" or "as" |
| metonymy | a figure of speech in which something is referred to by one of its attributes. EX:"Friends, Romans, countrymen....lend me your ears." Or when one term is substituted for something that closely resembles it EX: "The White House released a statement today." |
| mood | the feeling that the audience has while reading a work of literature. Mainly created by the setting |
| motif | a recurring idea, structure, contrast, or device that develops or informs the major themes of a work of literature |
| myth | a story about the origins of one's beliefs and practices of culture |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like what they do EX: snap, crackle, pop! |
| oxymoron | the association of two contradictory terms EX: jumbo shrimp |
| paradox | the phrase that seems to be contradictory, yet there's some truth behind it. EX: Things will get worse before they get better |
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