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Midterm Vocab
Literary Terms Examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | sally swam swiftly through the grand sea |
| Assonance | eight apes ate grapes together |
| Similie | her hair was a golden as the sun |
| Metaphor | life is a journey; dealth is an everlasting sleep; love is a rollercoster |
| Symbol/Symbolism | rose=lover; tree=life |
| Onomatopoeia | buzz, hiss, boom, pop, zip |
| Allusion | bible, mythology, Mona Lisa |
| Verbal Irony | "I shall not die of a cough" (he dies) |
| Dramatic Irony | audience knows Juliet isn't dead but Romeo doesn't and kills himself |
| Situational Irony | gift of magi each main charecter sells their most prozed possetion for a gift that is useless |
| Setting | Salem, Mass; fall; 1692; rural area; midnight |
| Plot | (hill) |
| Theme | not everyone feels guilt for their actions |
| Charecter/Charecterization | John Proctor |
| Tone | biased, sarcastic, disapproving, humorous |
| Personification | the rain danced gracefully upon my window |
| End Ryhme | I ate fish; it's my favorite dish |
| Mood | eerie, depressed, happiness |