Lit term 1 semester

a universally understood prototype

Which is COMPOUND?

Which is written correctly?

"What will happen next?"

Simple image with exaggeration or oversimplified features

the author refers to a literary work in passing

talking to "Wilson" the volleyball like it's a person

"She sells seashells by the seashore..."

Which is punctuated correctly?

the writer jumbles up parts of the word to create a new word

the central character blurs the lines between hero and villain

"It feels like a furnace in here; it's so hot!"

symbolic device in which characters or events symbolize ideas and concepts

a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to a non-human object or being

Jim Carey always playing a funny guy; joker

generally considered the "bad guy" as the main hero

Repetition of initial consonant sound

"Don't judge a book by its cover"

character goes through growth or change

Symbolic device in which characters or events symbolize ideas or concepts

Comparison between 2 items for the purpose of explanation or clarification

"Cause you're hot; then you're cold"

a writer puts two sentences of contrasting meaning close to one another

using words like "ghostly, spooky, dark, gloomy, eerie" create ____

a dependent and independent clause

releasing strong emotions that have been pent up

often used in tongue twisters

Find the complex sentence

this character remains the same

Shrek is an example of this