Literary Terms

Question 1

sequence of events in a literary work

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plot

Question 2

writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or action

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persuasion

Question 3

use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

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foreshadowing

Question 4

general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality

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irony

Question 5

the ordinary form of written language

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prose

Question 6

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

Question 7

type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

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personification

Question 8

the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures

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imagery

Question 9

speech by one character in a play, story or poem

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monologue

Question 10

figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

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metaphor

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