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Literary Terms Quizzes (Week 1 (Acronym - using the first letters of all…
Literary Terms Quizzes
Week 1
Acronym - using the first letters of all important words and assembling them in order to shorten the thing it is trying to say
i.e. LOL > laugh out loud
Alliteration - the emphasis on a certain sound (letter) through repetition of it in different words simultaneously.
i.e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
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Analogy - A comparison between unfamiliar and more familiar relationships in order to establish a better understanding of what things are like in a given situation
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Apostrophe - A character physically speaking to an abstract idea
i.e. "Life, why do you love to screw with me"
Archaic Language - Writing in a manner that seems to be old fashioned for the time period in which it was written. This may be done in a mere phrase throughout a character's whole vocabulary. This can be used to create a more detailed personality.
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Cliché - An overused, worn out phrase or word.
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Antagonist - the one against the protagonist. They need to add conflict to the story in order to create a powerful climax.
Ballad - A type of poem arranged in quatrains and a rhyme scheme of ABAB and it's a narrative, it tells a story.
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Character Foil - A character that widely contrasts another character in order to further highlight traits
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Conceit - a type of metaphor that connects two unlike things in a clever way i.e. “two lovers with the legs of a draftsman’s compass.”
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Connotation - Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words carry cultural and emotional associations or meanings, in addition to their literal meanings or denotations. i.e. For instance, “Wall Street” literally means a street situated in Lower Manhattan, but connotatively it refers to wealth and power.
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Controlling Idea - Contains the opinion of the audience because it is the thing that will make you develop an opinion.
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Week 2
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Denouement - the final overall outcome of a story. i.e. the denouement of romeo and juliet is that the montagues and capulets feel guilty because their kids died because of this feud that doesn't have any known reason for its existence.
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Imagery - using figurative language to describe certain concepts, visuals, or objects.
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Deus Ex Machina - a device where an impossible concept or character comes in order for the concept res to occur
i.e. If in a suspense novel the protagonist suddenly finds a solution to his dilemmas because of divine intervention.
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Direct Characterization - a way of revealing the personality of a character with adjectives and direct description.
Dilemma - a perplexing situation in which both possibilities seem to have pros and cons and the "right" answer does is not black and white.
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Limited Omniscient POV - The narrator knows what's up in the minds of the characters, but only some of them, not all of them.
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Objective POV - With the objective point of view, the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.
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Juxtaposition - a technique where two or more ideas, places, and/or characters are placed side by side for the purpose of comparison and contrast.
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Metonymy - using an object in place of the name of the thing, but the object is not part of the thing. i.e. "the crown" instead of saying king
Synechdoche - using a part of a thing as a name for a whole thing. i.e. "threads" instead of just saying clothes.
Mood - a literary element that evokes emotion. It's usually expressed in the atmosphere and/or background events.
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