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