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A mixture of human and animal traits.
Myth
Zoomorphic
Personification
Idiom
2
The watermelon was sweet and juicy.
Synecdoche
Yarn
Gustatory
Auditory
3
Wedding rings, Night, Fire, etc.
Understatement
Allusion
Hyperbole
Symbol
4
The girl ran her hands across the soft blanket.
Olfactory
Tactile
Simile
Symbol
5
a universal truth about life or human nature revealed in a literary work
Theme
Idiom
Verbal Irony
Inversion
6
"She was his Achilles heel."
Metaphor
Paradox
Epic Hero
Allusion
7
word referring to what a reader feels when reading a piece of literature
Symbol
Mood
Tone
Idiom
8
It’s the beginning of the end.
Understatement
Allusion
Paradox
Imagery
9
The character Odysseus is an example of this:
Metaphor
Symbol
Epic Hero
Yarn
10
two or more ideas, places, characters, etc. are placed side by side in a story or a poem
Sarcasm
Juxtaposition
Myth
Archetypes
11
I woke up to the smell bacon and buttered pancakes
Olfactory
Irony
Idiom
Visual
12
We were running
quickly
through the field.
Verb
Rhetorical Question
Adverb
Personification
13
the literal meaning or dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Idiom
Exposition
Connotation
14
Translated as ‘spirit of the age’. It usually refers to the prevailing mood.
Zeitgeist
Sonnet
Synecdoche
Xanasuism
15
You need to work quickly and decisively.
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Visual Imagery
Sarcasm
16
the part after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
Apostrophe
Irony
Simile
Falling action
17
songlike; about adventure or romance; alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables
Ballad
Cliché
Allusion
Juxtaposition
18
She
bought
the ticket at the entrance.
Verb
Pronoun
Adjective
Adverb
19
The students ran through the hallways screaming and shouting.
Auditory
Dialect
Tactile
Gustatory
20
Exclaiming “oh great” after failing an exam.
Paradox
Pronoun
Metaphor
Irony
21
She ordered
jumbo shrimp
for dinner.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Idiom
Parallelism
22
“
As the wind does blow; Across the trees, I see the; Buds blooming in May” -Unknown
Myth
Sonnet
Haiku
Ballad
23
The literary study of sources that helped in the formation of fantasy and imaginative works.
Xanaduism
Myth
Sibilance
Yarn
24
The flowers danced in the breeze.
Personification
Simile
Connotation
Situational Irony
25
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Paradox
Foil
Personification
26
The cool, green grass felt nice between my toes.
Synecdoche
Synaesthesia
Cliché
Dialogue
27
A character whose personality and attitude is the opposite of another character.
Dynamic Character
Foil
Paradox
Symbol
28
Part of a story that introduces background information about characters or events to readers.
Dialogue
Exposition
Juxtaposition
Denouement
29
The plates fell with a
bang
.
Synecdoche
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Dialogue
30
“I’ve been waiting for an hour,” I said to my mom.
Epic Hero
Syncedoche
Dialogue
Parallelism
31
a symbol, theme, setting, or character type that recurs in many works from different periods
Connotation
Denouement
Archetypes
Haiku
32
The struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist.
Foreshadowing
Conflict
Static character
Mood
33
They
went to the store.
Pronoun
Adverb
Idiom
Adjective
34
a character who does not change
Oymoron
Dynamic Character
Static Character
Personification
35
It was sunny and bright outside yesterday.
Gustatoru
Tactile
Visual
Auditory
36
(When something bad happens) “Wow, that's just great!”
Metaphor
Synecdoche
Alliteration
Sarcasm
37
Aurora, the goddess of dawn, cries over the loss of her son. Her tears become the morning dew.
Symbol
Myth
Apostrophe
Yarn
38
Okay? Do you think I’m a idiot?
Zoomorphic
Paradox
Simile
Rhetorical Question
39
The police officer was arrested last night.
Personification
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
40
She is a pig when she eats.
Sarcasm
Metaphor
Foil
Simile
41
"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade."
Hyperbole
Cliché
Plot
Imagery
42
word referring to the author’s attitude toward the subject he/she is writing about
Tone
Mood
Understatement
Theme
43
a character who changes
Foil
Dynamic Character
Static Character
Epic Hero
44
“I’m getting surgery today. It’s not that serious, just a brain tumor.”
Theme
Syncedoche
Understatement
Yarn
45
A long rambling story especially one dealing with adventure or tall-tales.
Myth
Yarn
Tactile Imagery
Zoomorphic
46
You have
a chip on your shoulder
.
Silbilance
Idiom
Zeitgeist
Personification
47
Hey
y’all
, what are we
gettin’
into tonight?
Hyperbole
Dialogue
Tone
Dialect
48
The
tall
professor taught us math.
Adverb
Onomatopoeia
Pronoun
Adjective
49
“Ugh, cell phone, why won’t you load my messages?”
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Simile
Personification
50
the implied meaning of a word or the meaning we associate with it
Denouement
Connotation
Simile
Denotation
51
the events that make up a story or the main part of a story
Plot
Parallelism
Rising Action
Sonnet
52
Her heart was as cold as ice.
Metaphor
Auditory Imagery
Simile
Alliteration
53
14-line poem with set rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG or ABBA ABBA CDE CDE or ABBA ABBA CDCDCD)
Ballad
Sonnet
Exposition
Haiku
54
I’ve been waiting for my mom to get out of the grocery store for years.
Dramatic Irony
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
55
the conflict is solved
Apostrophe
Parallelism
Resolution
Denouement
56
It was dark in the forest.
Metaphor
Imagery
Oxymoron
Irony
57
a clue or hint of something that will happen in a story
Foreshadowing
Mood
Synaesthesia
Plot
58
A point in a narrative at which the conflict hits the highest point.
Theme
Climax
Myth
Archetypes
59
a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative
Imagery
Cliché
Falling Action
Rising Action
60
In a movie, the character walks into a house, and the audience knows the killer is in there.
Understatement
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
61
Anything that happens after the conflict is resolved.
Denouement
Resolution
Sonnet
Exposition
62
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Sibilance
Irony
Foil
Synecdoche
63
The chair is as comfortable as sitting on nails.
Personification
Verbal Irony
Allusion
Dramatic Irony
64
I love you with all my heart.
Irony
Imagery
Sarcasm
Synecdoche
65
An adjective that refers to itinerant poets who make use of satire and witticism.
Parallelism
Sonnet
Personification
Xenophanic
