EOC Literary Terms

A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.

A typical example of a person or thing

A character says one thing but means another

The arrangement of words in a sentence

Writers use this to help the reader imagine how things look, feel, smell, sound, and taste.

Something that stands for something else

Opposite of hyperbole

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...."

refers to matching grammatical structures, such as "He came, he saw, he conquered."

"With feigning voice verses of feigning love" is an example of what literary strategy?

A speech in which a character is alone on stage and expresses thoughts out loud

telling what happened without injecting any emotion

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or group of people

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

What actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate

This is generally conveyed through the choice of words of a writer on a subject 

a short story told to illustrate a point

An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

when the sound of the word echoes the sound it represents: "splash," "zip," "crackle."

Maycomb, Alabama is an example of what in a story?

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

When the audience knows something the characters do not

Literal meaning of a word

A reference to a famous and often historical person, place, event, or work of literature.

The particular perspective from which a story is told 

a narrator who misinterprets the story due to prejudice, madness, etc.