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Literary Language: Figurative Language, Poetic Devices, and Story Elements
Literary Language: Figurative Language, Poetic Devices, and Story Elements
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speaking to inanimate or absent objects as if they could respond
irony
anthropomorphism
personification
apostrophe
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Author's Purpose: why an author writes fiction
entertain
persuade
show emotion
inform
3
a seemingly contradictory statement that proves to be true
paradox
oxymoron
apostrophe
contradiction
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melancholy means
gloomy
thoughtful
happy
remembering
5
outside narrator who sees NO thoughts or feelings--completely factual representation
1st
3rd limited
3rd objective
3rd omniscient
6
the feeling or atmosphere created by the setting
theme
tone
setting
mood
7
story of how the world came to be through use of gods and creatures
fable
myth
anecdote
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a poem that has dialogue or can be acted out
narrative
free verse
lyric
dramatic
9
main idea of an essay
topic sentnce
thesis
details
10
when narration shifts to a time in the past
foreshadowing
allusion
sequencing
flashback
11
when you expect one thing but the opposite happens
dramtic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
12
words and phrases that evoke the 5 senses-sight, touch, taste, smell, sound
couplet
alliteration
irony
imagery
13
character opposite of a major character who is written to emphasize character trait differences
faux
protagonist
foil
antagonist
14
outside narrator can see one character's thought and feelings
3rd omniscient
3rd objective
3rd limited
1st
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nostalgic means
remembering
depressing
longing for past
optomistic
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poems with no set rules to follow
narrative
dramatic
lyric
free
17
speaking amongst characters
dialogue
dialect
monologue
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I fell head over hells for him is an example of
personification
simile
idiom
metaphor
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Author's purpose: why an author writes speeches and editorials
persuade
show emotion
inform
entertain
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whispers on stage
monologue
soliloquy
aside
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He is as gentle as a lamb is an example of
simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
22
the message or lesson of a piece is its
tone
theme
setting
plot
23
opposite words to create emphasis "icy hot" " devilish angel"
symbol
oxymoron
antithesis
paradox
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when the narrator is a character in the story
3rd limited
3rd objective
1st
3rd omniscient
25
time and place of a piece
point of view
theme
plot
setting
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a brief story
myth
epic
anecdote
essay
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unique way of writing
prose
poetry
genre
style
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a play on words
joke
irony
figurative language
pun
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definition of a word based on the context of the sentence is the
definition
deonotation
connotation
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main character in a piece
antagonist
protagonist
subordinate character
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She sang so sweetly on the sea is an example of
hyperbole
conflict
rhyme
alliteration
32
hints to events yet to occur in the story
apostrophe
flashback
symbol
foreshadowing
33
Author's Purpose: why an author writes nonfiction
entertain
inform
show emotion
persuade
34
poem that has a set rhythm and rhyme and expresses an emotion
dramatic
narrative
lyric
free verse
35
when the audience knows something that the characters do not
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
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the person or force opposing the main character is
anti-hero
antagonist
conflict
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what happens in a story
theme
setting
conflict
plot
38
a reference to a historical event, artwork, or literary piece
alliteration
foil
allusion
symbol
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Crash, boom, bang is an example of
symbol
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
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Author's purose: why an author writes poetry
show emotion
entertain
persuade
inform
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attitude of the author's towards the piece or topic
mood
point of view
tone
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extreme exaggeration
apostrpohe
metonymy
hyperbole
anaphora
43
struggle or problem
tone
setting
conflict
theme
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outside narrator who can see all characters' thoughts and feelings
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
3rd person objective
1st person
45
a 14-line lyric poem which ends in the theme is a
dramatic poem
sonnet
haiku
free verse
46
Giving human characeristics to nonhuman items
metaphor
personification
symbol
simile
47
pattern of end rhyme in a poem
rhyme scheme
slant rhyme
intrnal rhyme
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a poem that tells a story
lyric
dramatic
narrative
free verse
49
saying one thing while meaning another is
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
50
"Road home" and "like minds" are examples of
rhyme
alliteration
assonance
consonance
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not caring about anything is
empathy
sympathy
compassion
apathy
52
an object, word, or person used to represent something else
simile
hyperbole
symbol
metaphor
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He is an angel!
symbol
metaphor
simile
54
The man was long gone when I got the message (repetition of "g")
meter
assonance
rhyme
consonance
55
writer's opinion interspersed in literary piece
bias
editorial
tone
