SOL Review-Literary Terms

"His idea begged for attention" is an example of 

MS. RAMSAY:  (pointing a laser beam in her eye) Shut up!    The words in parenthesis are called

"Frog legs taste like chicken" is an example of 

A movement backwards in time in a story is called a 

In the lyric "I am full strength like a Cyclops's eye drops" Cyclops is an example of a(n)

Little hints about what will happen later in a story are called

Dramatic Irony is used to 

When the audience knows more than the characters do, it is called...

An anecdote is 

Saying "It's only a scratch" after being mauled by a bear is an example of...

"Is it true that you stepped in goo in your new blue shoe" is an example of 

A situation that SEEMS impossible, but is somehow true is called a 

"The classroom buzzed with excitement, each child was like a live wire" contains an example of

"The mourners on the front benches sat in a blue-serge, black-crepe-dress gloom" contains

"Jerzee's bae thought about his exam.  Jerzee thought, 'I love noodles!'" is an example of 

"Walking down the street I saw Jerzee and her bae" is an example of

Saying "Graceful!" after your friend falls down is an example of 

"Your breath is a toxic waste dump" is an example of 

An apostrophe is when...

A poem with fourteen lines that is written in iambic pentameter is called a

"Jerzee and her bae walked down the street" is an example of 

"My son ate the cookie on the floor" is not clear.  It is an example of 

"Jerzee just jumped on Joshua's Japanese jaguar" is an example of

"Jerzee thought 'I love noodles" while her bae studied for his exam" is an example of 

"Your mama's so dumb she thought a quarterback was her tax return" is an example of

After years of helping save the naked mole rat, he was killed by an angry pack of mole rats.

"Hello," said Ms. Ramsay.  "What's up?" inquired Stephan.   This is an example of 

When an actor reveals his inner thoughts to the audience while he is alone on stage it's called

Writing that appeals to one of the five senses is called 

Overstatement is exaggerating.  Another word for this is