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Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blank verse | poetry that doesn't rhyme |
| diction | a speakers choice of words |
| epithet | a phrase that is used to characterize a person, place or thing |
| farce | a comedy in which characters are involved in silly situations |
| folktale | an anonymous traditional story that was passed down from generation to generation |
| irony | a contrast between what is expected and reality |
| verbal irony | when the speaker says one thing and means another |
| situational irony | when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected |
| dramatic irony | when the reader knows something important that the character doesn't know |
| myth | an anonymous traditional story that is religious in nature that explains a belief or natural phenomenom |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning |
| pun | a play on multiple meanings of a word |
| satire | a kind of writing that makes fun of human weakness to bring about a change |
| soliloquy | a long speech made by one character |
| sonnet | a 14 line lyric poem |
| suspense | the uncertainty the reader feels about what will happen next in the story |
| trickster tale | a folktale that features a character called a trickster that is usually a small animal |
Created by:
beth weir
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