Lit Terms A Go-Go

1. Lit Terms A Go-Go The light bulb goes off and you suddenly “get it.” Epiphany

2. Lit Terms A Go-Go The author’s attitude toward the subject was serious Tone

3. Lit Terms A Go-Go The phrase “his candle dancing in the draught of the ill-fitting window …” is an example of which type of figurative language? Personification

4. Lit Terms A Go-Go The implication of a word Connotation

5. Lit Terms A Go-Go A literary work that tells a story Narrative

6. Lit Term A Go-Go A dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme. Tragedy

7. Lit Term A Go-Go Graduating from high school is bittersweet Oxymoron

8. Lit Term A Go-Go Seize the Day Carpe Diem

9. Lit Terms A Go-Go She bought out the MAC counter just to have enough makeup for one day! Hyperbole

10. Lit Terms A Go-Go War is Peace Paradox

11. Lit Terms A Go-Go A death row pardon two minutes too late, and the audience is aware of it Dramatic Irony

12. Lit Terms A Go-Go The story took place in Salinas Valley, California Setting

13. Lit Terms A Go-Go Poetry with no restrictions Free verse

14. Lit Terms A Go-Go In Elie Wiesel’s Night, the boy speaks of himself as “body, perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach.” Metaphor

15. Lit Terms A Go-Go The FTD flower company incorporates Hermes and his Winged heels in their logo. Allusion

16. Lit Terms A Go-Go The ship began to creak and protest as it struggled across the sea Personification

17. Lit Terms A Go-Go An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned Archetype

18. Lit Terms A Go-Go The literal meaning of a word Denotation

19. Lit Terms A Go-Go A son says to his father, “The world revolves around me because I’m the sun.” Pun

20. Lit Terms A Go-Go The smallest metrical unit Foot

21. Lit Terms A Go-Go Scary Movie, Vampires Suck, and Animal Farm Satire

22. Lit Terms A Go-Go “Whereat, with blade, with bloody blameful blade, he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.” Alliteration

23. Lit Terms A Go-Go The bruise on her arm was purple at top, blue at center, and the size of a dime. Imagery

24. Lit Terms A Go-Go Talking to a dead person Apostrophe

25. Lit Terms A Go-Go Someone says to the most disgusting student in class, “Oh you’re God’s gift to women, you are!” Verbal Irony

26. Lit Terms A Go-Go Doodle has lots of personality and descriptive qualities Round Character

27. Lit Terms A Go-Go The Sniper changes at the end of the story Dynamic Character

28. Lit Terms A Go-Go We had to make an inference that Madame Loisel was selfish due to her actions and words Indirect Characterization

29. Lit Terms A Go-Go The girl told me, “She passed away last night” instead of “She was murdered.” Euphemism

30. Lit Terms A Go-Go Iago and Othello serve as a contrast Foil

31. Lit Terms A Go-Go Two rhyming lines identical in length and structure Couplet

32. Lit Terms A Go-Go When the perspective is all-knowing and the reader is aware of what all the characters are thinking Omniscient

33. Lit Terms A Go-Go An example from Othello would be “Appearances can be deceiving.” Theme

34. Lit Terms A Go-Go Words like pow, bang, and splash Onompatopoeia

35. Lit Terms A Go-Go The person the reader is rooting for in the story Protagonist

36. Lit Terms A Go-Go Two consecutive stories going on at the same time Subplot

37. Lit Terms A Go-Go A three-line poem with 5-7-5 syllables Haiku

38. Lit Terms A Go-Go A fourteen line poem Sonnet

39. Lit Terms A Go-Go Writing that uses I, me, and myself First Person

40. Lit Terms A Go-Go A heart represents love Symbol

41. Lit Terms A Go-Go Ms. Smith, my History tutor Epithet