Mr. Gavin Final Exam Study Guide

A technique in which a word, phrase, or event had more than one meaning or can be interpreted in more than one way.

Root: Cend, Cens means:

This literary device occurs when someone states one thing and means another

An underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand.

Root: Sema, semio means:

A literary device that occurs when the readers know more about a situation/character in a story than the characters do.

This literary device is used in specialized functions.

The order or arrangement of words.

Root: Ser means:

Root: Flam means:

A figure of speech in which an object, animal, or idea is given human characteristics.

A writers or speakers choice of words.

Root: Fulm, Fulg means:

A writer usually writes for one or more of these literary devices.

Root: Verg means:

Root: Nex means:

The content of the literary material; what the main topic of the work is about.

The occurrence of similar or identical sounds at the end of two or more words, such as suite, heat, and complete.

Root: Digm, Dict means:

A figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common, using a word such as like or as.

This literary device is a contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.

A figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common.

The exact meaning of a word(s).

The descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences define this literary device.

Root: Lig, Lia means:

A writers attitude toward his or her subject.

The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry.

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

The person or persons who are inherited to read a piece of writing.

Root: Cert means: