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*CR Lit Terms Test 4
Literary Terms Test #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diction | deliberate choice of a style of language for a desired effect or tone |
| didactic | story, speech, essay or play in which the author's primary purpose is to instruct, teach, or moralize |
| distortion | an exaggeration or stretching of the truth for effect |
| epistolary novel | novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters |
| essay | short composition on a single topic expressing the view or interpretation of that writer on that topic |
| epiphany | A sudden flash of insight |
| flat character | Simple, one-dimensional character who remains the same and we learn little about |
| foil | a character whose contrasting characteristics draw attention to, enhance, or contrast with those of the main character |
| foreshadowing | hints at what's to come |
| iambic pentameter | five-foot line made up of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable |
| imagery | anything that affects or appeals to the reader's sense: sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell |
| in medias res | in literature, a work that begins in the middle of the story |
| myth | a story, usually with supernatural significance, that explains the origins of the gods, heroes, or natural phenomena. |
| narrative poem | a poem that tells a story |
| near, off, or slant rhyme | a rhyme based on an imperfect or incomplete correspondence of end syllable sounds. |
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