Literary Term Review

A comparison between two unlike things, using the word like or as

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The reader's feeling; the emotion of a work

"How come you to be in the forest?" Equality asked. "We have followed you," Liberty responded.

A brief, entertaining account of an incident or event

Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, often used for comic effect

What is expected turns out to be quite different than what actually happens

Distinctive language, including sounds/spelling/grammar, of a specific group/class of people

Set in a barnyard, Animal Farm tells the story of the rise of the Communist party in Russia.

Conversation between characters

Whenever I'm feeling sad, I have to remember that every cloud has a silver lining.

The firemen burning down houses in Fahrenheit 451 is an example of

Story/poem that is a metaphor for something else; something that has meaning beyond literal

The humorous use of a word to suggest another word with the same sound or different meaning

The use of words that imitate the sounds of what they describe

"Golden daffodils / Beside the lake, beneath the trees / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

"Be quiet" is better to say because it's more positive sounding, unlike the negative "shut up."

Faber says, "I'm the queen bee, safe in my hive. You will be the drone, the travelling ear."

Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures

A reference to a well-known text within another text

A figure of speech that cannot be defined literally

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Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together

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A writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject

Giving non humans, human quality traits

Saying "there was a delay" is more formal than "I'm late," when giving excuses.

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Attending the eighth grade social requires you to put your best foot forward.

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“The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.”

A figure of speech in which the words seem to contradict each other

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An object, person, or place that stands for something else

The suggested or implied meaning or emotion associated with a word, beyond its literal meaning

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."

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A comparison of the similarity of two things; for example, comparing a part to a whole

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"The books are to remind us of what fools we are. They're Caesar's praetorian guard..."

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