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Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Vocab
Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Vocab
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Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Repetition
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WriTer's attitude or feeling toward the story, characters, etc.
Theme
Symbolism
Tone
Conflict
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Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Personification
Symbolism
Simile
Metaphor
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An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, reader, or audience
Dramatic irony
Flashback
Verbal irony
Situational irony
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A question used to make a point rather than to elicit a direct answer
Rhetorical question
Ironic question
Analogy
Symbolic question
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The use of comparison of similar cases or examples to reason or argue a point
Analogy
Restatement
Parallelism
Repetition
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A description that appeals to one's five senses
Situational irony
Allusion
Personification
Imagery
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OUR perspective of the atmosphere or feeling we get from the story
Theme
Mood
Tone
Characterization
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A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along
Flashback
Foreshadow
Dialogue
Alliteration
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Comparison of two things without using like or as
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Irony
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A figure of speech achieved through exaggeration
Understatement
Allusion
Hyperbole
Analogy
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Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbolism
Theme
Diction
Irony
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To reword or rephrase something written or spoken by someone else.
Main idea
Paraphrase
Headline
Direct quote
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Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Irony
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Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art
Allusion
Flashback
Verbal irony
Dialogue
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The text structure that the author uses to list items or events in chronological order
Plot
Chronological order
Sequence
Timeline
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The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe. Ex:
hiss, honk, buzz
Simile
Hypoberle
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
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Universal idea or lesson about life; understood by most cultures
Symbolism
Conflict
Theme
Tone
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Supporting evidence that comes from the text you are writing about
Summary
Supporting details
Paraphrase
Text evidence
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When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound:
Frozen French Fries
Metaphor
Dialogue
Alliteration
Hypoberle
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An author's word choice
Foreshadowing
Diction
Allusion
Imagery
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A comparison between two things using like or as
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
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Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives
Flashback
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Foreshadow
