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literary terms
English definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analyze | break down into parts |
| interpret | Explain the meaning of |
| illustrate | Explain by example |
| significant | meaning, importance |
| author's purpose | entertain, persuade, facts |
| phrase | short expression or thought |
| subheading | a second title |
| rhetorical question | does not want an answer, to make a point |
| intended effect | what you want to happen or cause to happen |
| convey | to get across, explain |
| inference | make a conclusion based upon what you know |
| audience | who is reading or listening |
| graphic | a picture, chart, graph |
| text | words in print |
| advise | to give advice to |
| imply (implies) | get a point across without coming out and saying it |
| restate | to say again |
| personification | to make an object seem like a person |
| theme | subject matter, underlying meaning |
| irony (ironic) | words to show the opposite of the true meaning, not what you would expect to happen |
| imagery | words to make you visualize or see the object or place |
| hyperbole | huge exaggeration |
| foreshadowing | hints of what is to come |
| summarize | a shorter version of the most important facts |
| conflict | problems |
| antagonist | the bad guy |
| protagonist | the good guy |
| tone | the mood, attitude or feeling |
| organizational pattern | how a story is put together: spatial, chronological, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution |
| alliteration | repeat the same sound |
| onomatopoeia | sound words |
| rhyme and meter | rhythm |
| stanza | paragraph in a poem |
| methods to develop information | appeal to emotions, glittering generalities, bandwagon, propoganda |
| anthology | a collection of literary works |
| genre | a way to categorize literature or art: drama, comedy, historical, fiction, science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, adventure, action, documentary |
| figurative language | expressions |
| idiom | phrase that has a special meaning |
| pun | funny use of a word |
| simile | comparison using like or as |
| metaphor | comparison not using like or as |
| literal language | being and meaning exactly as stated |
| analogy | example of something similar |
| transition | change from one subject to another |
| paradox | statement that seems untrue or to contradict itself |
| excerpt | a piece of a section of a story |
| climax | the high point in the story |
| plot | the action/events of a story in order |
| synonym | words that have the same meaing (small, tiny) |
| antonym | words that have the opposite meaning (good, bad) |
| homonym | words that sound the same, but have different meanings (deer, dear) |
| homophone | words with the same sound and spelling (read, read) |
| biography | a true story about someone else |
| autobiography | a true story written by yourself |
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