College Prep EOCM Terms #2 (2019)

"Rockets rushing in a race to hit the glass./ Rattling rain rattling the window panes."

An object that stands for or represents an idea.

A comparison that develops over an entire work or over the course of many lines.

A play on words by using a word that suggests multiple meanings.

The interpretive definition of a word (abstract, figurative).

A literary term in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve contrast.

"So it's gonna be forever or it's gonna go down in flames..."

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are JOINED to create an effect.

Descriptive language that appeals to taste, touch, smell, sight, sound.

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire/ Jack Frost nipping at your nose..."

"Many are called but few are chosen."

The dictionary definition of a word (literal, concrete).

"The bookful blockhead ignorantly read/ with loads of learned lumber in his head..."

An imitation of a work in order to make fun of or comment on the original.

"You're a psychopath." "I prefer creative!"

The following video illustrates what literary term? DO NOT ANSWER UNTIL THE VIDEO ENDS!

The intense feeling an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...tree tops glisten...sleigh bells in the snow..."

The video illustrates what literary term? DO NOT ENTER AN ANSWER UNTIL THE VIDEO ENDS!

The video illustrates what term? DO NOT ENTER AN ANSWER UNTIL THE VIDEO ENDS!

A literary device in which a writer gives a hint of what is to come.

"No one believed. They listened at his heart. Little-less-nothing!- and that ended it."

"Love is a burning candle..."

A literary term that refers to a more pleasant way to state something impolite or unpleasant.

"My tongue is a piece of sandpaper...You can fry an egg on my brow/ As I melt away in the sun!"

The following video illustrates what literary term? DO NOT ANSWER UNTIL THE VIDEO ENDS!

"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair./ It's had tacks in it,/ And splinters...Bare."

"Follow the drinking gourd, for the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom..."

"Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for/ You heard me saying a prayer for..."

"You will hang like an icicle on a Dutchman's beard..."