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Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Vocab
Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices Vocab
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Define vocabulary of Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices
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Universal idea or lesson about life; understood by most cultures
Theme
Tone
Conflict
Symbolism
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To reword or rephrase something written or spoken by someone else.
Main idea
Paraphrase
Direct quote
Headline
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The text structure that the author uses to list items or events in chronological order
Chronological order
Plot
Sequence
Timeline
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The use of comparison of similar cases or examples to reason or argue a point
Parallelism
Analogy
Repetition
Restatement
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OUR perspective of the atmosphere or feeling we get from the story
Theme
Characterization
Tone
Mood
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Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Metaphor
Simile
Symbolism
Personification
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Comparison of two things without using like or as
Metaphor
Irony
Personification
Simile
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A figure of speech achieved through exaggeration
Allusion
Hyperbole
Understatement
Analogy
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Supporting evidence that comes from the text you are writing about
Supporting details
Text evidence
Summary
Paraphrase
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A description that appeals to one's five senses
Allusion
Situational irony
Personification
Imagery
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Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story
Foreshadowing
Repetition
Allusion
Flashback
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The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe. Ex:
hiss, honk, buzz
Metaphor
Hypoberle
Onomatopoeia
Simile
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Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Irony
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A conversation between characters; can be used to move the action along
Foreshadow
Alliteration
Dialogue
Flashback
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An author's word choice
Diction
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Allusion
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WriTer's attitude or feeling toward the story, characters, etc.
Tone
Conflict
Symbolism
Theme
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Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives
Foreshadow
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Flashback
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A comparison between two things using like or as
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
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Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art
Verbal irony
Dialogue
Flashback
Allusion
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A question used to make a point rather than to elicit a direct answer
Ironic question
Symbolic question
Rhetorical question
Analogy
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Anything that stands for or represents something else
Symbolism
Diction
Theme
Irony
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An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, reader, or audience
Flashback
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
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When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound:
Frozen French Fries
Alliteration
Hypoberle
Dialogue
Metaphor
