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Literary Terms that are used and needed to know for SOLD, by Patricia McCormick.
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When a person, place or thing is presented as a representation of a large meaning.
symbol
metaphor
Illusion
allusion
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The main struggle that either sets the plot into action or keeps the plot moving along.
internal conflict
Conflict
central conflict
external conflict
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"...had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing." is a what?
Paradox
Allusion
Euphemism
Metaphor
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The literal or primary meaning of a word or the explicit or direct meaning of a word
denouncement
annotation
denotation
connotation
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attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or natural forces.
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
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When someone says one thing but means something else
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
metaphoric irony
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Which one is an example of an Anaphora?
"it was the age...it was the age"
None of the above
"it was the epoch... it was the epoch"
All of the above
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A struggle that a character is having within themselves (self vs. self)
external conflict (person vs. society)
Internal conflict (man vs man)
Internal conflict (man vs. self)
external conflict (person vs. nature)
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When you expect one thing to happen but something else happens instead
verbal irony
personal irony
damatic irony
situational irony
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When the audience knows something that the characters do not know yet.
verbal irony
problematic irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
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Compares different things or ideas using the words "like" or "as" (Life like box chocolates)
personification
simile
metaphor
symbolism
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exaggeration used to provide strong emotions, to create humor, or to make a point.
metaphor
Hyperbole
personification
imagery
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A direct or indirect reference to a significant person, even, time, or work of literature.
personification
symbol
onomatopoeia
allusion
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Which one is an example of a synecdoche?
"...a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white..."
"Yes, she is a peacock in everything but beauty"
"...to be taken home like a machine..."
"anxious faces about her"
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"...all hand were piped on deck." Is an example of
Allusion
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche
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The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
alliteration
Irony
Imagery
Allusion
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meanin
denotation
connection
contradiction
connotation
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Irony has three types. They are:
physical, emotional, mental
imagery, allusion, alliteration
Dramatic, situational, verbal
symbolism, metaphor, conflict
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Compares similar things or ideas without using "like" or "as"
metaphor
imagery
symbol
simile
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"...I like large parties. They are so intimate" .... is an example of....
Paradox
Syncdoche
Simile
Allusion
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Word or words that sound like the action or thing that they describe or represent.
onomatopoeia
allegory
alliteration
allusion
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What results when the actual outcome differs from what is expected
onomatopoeia
metaphor
climax
irony
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The use of figurative language to paint a sensory picture for the readers (5 senses).
Metaphor
symbol
Imagery
dramatic irony
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The implied meaning, life lesson, the moral of the story or the universal truth.
Theme
explicit idea
Central/Main Idea
Implied Idea
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An example of an allusion is...
"...a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white..."
"...wilderness of books..."
"...I ought to by thy Adam..."
"a man whom the wild has conquered & beaten down.."
