Duplicate of Literary Terms Review - 10th Grade

The atmosphere or feeling created in a literary work.

The time and place of the action of a literary work is called the...

This term may be defined as "the opposite of what is expected."

A writer uses ___________ when he/she describes a characters traits explicitly.

When words are used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning.

If you said a computer had a brain, that would be an example of:

A writer's typical way of writing is their...

Assonance is...

This is the repetition of final consonant sounds.

"Freezing fire," "happy grief," and "jumbo shrimp" are all examples of this term.

Buzz, crunch, crash, and hiss are examples of this term.

My buddy, Edgar Allan Poe, writes with a distinctly formal, yet macabre ______________.

One of the ______ in Poe's "Masque" was that no one can escape death.

What is alliteration?

A writer's word choice is called...

"He was so tall that he could reach the sky" is an example of:

A statement that seems to be wrong, but is actually true. (two opposites express a truth)

"Her hair shined like the sun," is an example of: