LITERARY TERMS

Descriptive language used to appeal to the reader's senses, primarily that of sight is called:

"The ball streaked across the field like a meteor" is an example of:

In a poem or verse, having repeated sounds within or at the end of lines is known as:

"I could hear your laughter from the other side of the city" is an example of:

An soup ad that shows a picture of a happy family eating dinner together is using mostly

Logos is an appeal to

"The fog comes on little cat feet" is an example of

Tone is

A poem that has no rhythm or rhyme is known as:

Using the same first consonant sound as in "The thunder roared & rumbled through the rain" is

"Fit as a fiddle" and "Time heals all wounds" are examples of:

"The kicker's extra-point kick missed by a mile!" is an example of:

A _______________suggests that two different things are the same thing.

A comparison between relatively unlike things that does not use "as" or "like" is:

Dialect refers to

A pair of consecutive rhyming lines in a poem

"Trees shrug snow from their branches" is an example of:

foreshadowing is

A group of lines that form the verse of the poem is called a:

A word that has the opposite meaning as another word is:

Elements of a text not part of the actual story or essay, but that help readers understand are

An extreme exaggeration, like "I will sleep for 1,000 years after this," is an example of

"Life is a curly slide full of twists and turns" is an example of:

"Silent as a shadow in the moonlight" is an example of:

A word that makes the sound of the action it describes:

Language that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words used is:

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word is:

A direct comparison between two unlike things that use the words "as" or "like" is:

"Patty was the prettiest piglet in the pen" is an example of:

In poetry or prose, the literary technique that makes a non- human thing seem human is:

Pathos is an appeal to

The lines in a poem that are specifically grouped into sections based on theme or rhyme/rhythm

Which of the following genres is nonfiction

"Like a human corkscrew, he spirals into the air" is an example of:

Two characters in a story get in a fist fight. This is an example of what kind of conflict

"The interview was a mountain to overcome" is an example of:

"As clear as an empty glass" is an example of a:

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or ideas is:

"The cliff is essentially a vertical puzzle" is an example of:

"The waves danced happily in the sunlight" is an example of:

"The jet zoomed across the sky" is an example of:

"The sound of drums boomed in my head" is an example of:

"Sam soared down the street on her sleek skateboard" is an example of:

Ethos is an appeal to

"The tree invited us to come and play" is an example of: