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Lit. Terms Final
Sophomore Lit. Terms on Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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