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Literary Terms

Literary Terms. A Little Extra Help for the HSA. Irony. Irony of Situation-the result is the opposite of what is expected A heart doctor dies of a heart attack Verbal Irony-saying the opposite of what is meant Nice hair today!. Metaphor. Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms A Little Extra Help for the HSA

  2. Irony • Irony of Situation-the result is the opposite of what is expected • A heart doctor dies of a heart attack • Verbal Irony-saying the opposite of what is meant • Nice hair today!

  3. Metaphor • Comparing two unlike things without using like or as • He is a mountain of a man

  4. Simile • Comparing two unlike things using like or as • He is as big as a mountain

  5. Personification • When something is given human characteristics • Justice is blind • How can justice be blind when it has no eyes?

  6. Spatial Order • relating to space • Where things are within a • space or area • Ex. the furthest away

  7. Hyperbole • An exaggeration (make more noticeable) • He is the cutest guy in the whole wide world.

  8. Oxymoron • Combining opposite terms • Examples: • Jumbo shrimp • Cold fire • How can a fire be cold?

  9. Onomatopoeia • Words make the sounds it represents • Examples: • Roar • Buzz • Shh

  10. Flashback • A interruption of the action of a story to show something that happened in the past. • For example when Katniss remembers her father being blown up in the mine.

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