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Literary Terms Review

Literary Terms Review. English 1A. Allegory. A text that acts as an extended metaphor to teach a lesson. Allusion. When one text makes a reference to another well known text or piece of art to make a stronger point. Alliteration.

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Literary Terms Review

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  1. Literary Terms Review English 1A

  2. Allegory • A text that acts as an extended metaphor to teach a lesson

  3. Allusion • When one text makes a reference to another well known text or piece of art to make a stronger point.

  4. Alliteration • When words that have the same beginning sounds are placed close together.

  5. Connotation • The underlying meaning/tone of a word Denotation • The exact dictionary definition of a word

  6. Foreshadowing • An event or description towards the beginning of the text hints at something that will happen later in the text

  7. Iambic Pentameter • A ten syllable line with five iambs that follows a unstressed, stressed pattern u / u / u / u / u / • Shall I compare thee to a summers day

  8. Imagery • Words that use the five senses to put a picture in the reader’s mind

  9. Irony • Situational: the outcome of a situation is not what was expected • Dramatic: the audience knows more than the characters do as they take action

  10. Juxtaposition • Putting two images side by side to compare/contrast in order to see the irony

  11. Metaphor • Comparing two seemingly unlike things to show the similarities (with out using like or as) • Something is something else

  12. Oxymoron • Contradictory terms that are placed next to each other

  13. Personification • Giving inanimate objects human like qualities

  14. Pun • A play on words that sound the same but have different meaning, usually intended as a joke.

  15. Satire • A text that is meant to expose the flaws of society or organization by using irony, humor, and typically with characters represented as animals

  16. Simile • Comparing two seemingly unalike things using the words “like” or “as” • Epic simile- a simile that extends for multiple lines of a poem

  17. Sonnet • A 14 line poem that uses iamabic pentameter and follows the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

  18. Soliloquy • A speech that a character delivers on stage by him/herself whereby they express their inner thoughts and feelings

  19. Symbolism • An object or image is used to represent a larger, abstract idea

  20. Tone • The author’s attitude towards the subject that he or she is writing about

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