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Lit. Terms Final
Sophomore Lit. Terms on Final Exam
Question | Answer |
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Allusion | Indirect reference to a well known character, event, place, concept, or literary works |
Apostraphe | FIGURE OF SPEECH in which a speaker addresses an inanimate object, idea, or an absent person |
Connotation | suggested or implied meaning associated with a word |
Flashback | description of a memory that disrupts chronology of a story |
Foreshadowing | clues or hints about later events in a story |
Hyperbole | an exaggeration |
Imagery | descriptive language that appeals to senses |
Irony | contrast/discrepancy betweenaxpectation and reality |
Situation Irony | actual outcome of an event is opposite to what was expected |
Dramatic Irony | Audience knows information that characters do noto know |
Metaphor | comparison without using the words "like" or "as" |
Onomatopoeia | Use of words or phrases to describe a sound |
Oxymoron | figure of speech in which opposites are combined |
Personification | Giving human characteristics to non-human things |
Point of View | perspective from which the story is told |
1st Person | narrator is a character in the story |
3rd Person | Someone putside the story is describing 1 or a few characters perspective |
3rd Person Omnicient | "all knowing" Perspective |
Simile | Comparison using "like" or "as" |
Suspense | Curiosity/uncertainty about what's going to happen |
Theme | central message |
Tone | authors attitude |