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2nd Nine Weeks Literary Terms
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1) a reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art
A
allusion
B
metaphor
C
bias
D
simile
2) reason that explains a character’s thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech
A
motivation
B
figurative language
C
irony
D
author's purpose
3) the feeling that the author is writing with
A
narrator
B
mood
C
setting
D
tone
4) the reason the text is written; to inform, entertain, persuade, etc.
A
irony
B
bias
C
drama
D
writer's/author's purpose
5) the features that help the reader understand the text
A
bias
B
poetry
C
drama
D
text features
6) a story written to be performed or acted out by actors; written only in dialogue
A
historical fiction
B
drama
C
nonfiction
D
poetry
7) notes included in a drama, but not spoken; they are used to give directions on how things should be on stage
A
acting
B
monologue
C
dialogue
D
stage directions
8) writing that is not meant to be taken literally
A
bias
B
drama
C
author's purpose
D
figurative language
9) a comparison of two unlike things using the words “is” or “was”
A
metaphor
B
idiom
C
simile
D
imagery
10) a comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
A
personification
B
metaphor
C
imagery
D
simile
11) words that imitate sounds
A
onomatopoeia
B
simile
C
idiom
D
personification
12) a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas
A
oxymoron
B
paradox
C
personification
D
imagery
13) figure of speech that gives nonhuman things human characteristics
A
personification
B
monologue
C
symbol
D
actors
14) a word is its dictionary meaning, and has no other associations to any other meaning
A
denotation
B
allegory
C
paradox
D
connotation
15) all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
A
denotation
B
monologue
C
connotation
D
symbolism
16) language that appeals to the reader’s senses
A
imagery
B
oxymoron
C
simile
D
idiom
17) an expression that has a meaning particular to a language, region, or cultural
A
imagery
B
imagination
C
irony
D
idiom
18) when something is said but means the opposite; mostly known as sarcasm
A
situational irony
B
imagery
C
dramatic irony
D
verbal irony
19) the audience is aware of something that happening and the other characters do not know it
A
dramatic irony
B
verbal irony
C
imagery
D
situational irony
20) a contradiction between what happens and what is expected
A
imagery
B
simile
C
irony
D
idiom
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