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English 10: Key Literary Terms
English 10: Key Literary Terms
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What is connotation?
A thing that stands for something beyond itself.
The common associations of a word.
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What is a paradox?
A single statement that includes contradictory ideas.
The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of sucessive clauses.
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What is diction?
A way of speaking particular to a region.
An author's choice of words.
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What is a symbol?
A repeated pattern running throughout a story.
A thing that stands for something beyond itself.
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What is dramatic irony?
An indirect reference.
When the audience knows a detail the characters in the play do not.
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What is ambiguity?
An indirect reference.
Open to multiple interpretations.
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What is tone?
The dictionary definition of a word.
The author's attitude.
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What is verbal irony?
Saying the opposite of what is meant.
A figurative expression unique to a language.
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What is an allusion?
An indirect reference.
The category under which a work of literature is classified.
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What is mood?
A question whose answer is so obvious that it does not need a reply.
The emotions a story evokes.
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What is a soliloquy?
A long speech by a character when that character is alone on stage.
Writing that ridicules in order to bring about reform.
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What is imagery?
Vantage point from which a writer narrates a story.
Language that appeals to the five senses.
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What is a motif?
A repeated pattern running throughout a story.
Vantage point from which a writer narrates a story.
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What is juxtaposition?
The order of words or phrases within a sentence.
The close placement of two things in order to contrast them.
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What is dialogue?
One long speech by one character while other characters are present.
Conversation in a play between two or more characters.
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What is situational irony?
When an outcome is opposite from what is expected.
Struggle between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.
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What is a rhetorical question?
A single statement combining contradictory ideas.
A question whose answer is so obvious that it does not need a reply.
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What is satire?
Writing that ridicules in order to bring about reform.
Words with the same ending sounds.
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What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds of nearby words.
Addressing someone who is not present or an abstract thing.
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What is an archetype?
A character type found in stories across cultures and time periods.
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
