Literary terms on quiz

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Literary terms on quiz

• Theme
• Irony
• Inference
• Exposition
• parts of plot (4)
• Symbolism
• Metaphor
• Simile

• Foreshadowing
• Conflict
• Types of conflict
• Meter
• Rhyme OR
• Rhythm
• Imagery

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Literary terms, continued

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Dramatic Irony
• Oxymoron
• Iambic Pentameter

• Figurative language

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Literary term

• Theme the message or lesson (moral) the author
  is trying to get across
• In general terms, as in non-specific to the
  story
• What is the theme of The Necklace

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Irony

• An expression, either using words or events, that
  offers a reality different from what youre
  expecting.
• Usually opposite
• Often used for comedic purposes

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Example of Irony

• Madame Loisel saying to Madame Forestier Ive
  had plenty of trouble, and all because of you!

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Inference

• A judgment based on common sense or reasoning
  that seems obvious, but does not have obvious
  evidence or fact to back it up.

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Example of Inference

• Madame Loisels feelings toward her husband are
  never described, but you can infer what she
  thinks.

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Literary term

• Exposition Beginning part of plot
• Sets the tone, establishes the setting,
  introduces characters, gives reader important
  background

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Five parts of plot

• Exposition
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution

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Literary term

• Symbolism person, animal, place, activity or
  object that stands for something beyond itself

• Foreshadowing hints or clues that point to
  events that will happen later

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Conflict

• Struggle between opposing forces

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• External conflict
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. nature
• Man vs. physical obstacle

• Internal conflict
• Man vs. self
• Man vs. supernatural

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Literary terms

• Meter recurrence of a pattern of stressed and
  unstressed syllables
• Rhyme repetition of identical or similar sounds
  near or at the end of numerous and different
  words

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Literary terms

• Imagery descriptive words and phrases that
  re-create sensory experiences for the reader
  help paint a picture in the readers head.
• One or more of five senses
• Sight
• Hearing

• Smell
• Taste
• Touch

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Literary terms

• Figurative language Communicates ideas beyond
  the ordinary, literal meanings.
• Personification Human qualities are attributed
  to an object, animal, or idea.

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Lit terms, continued

• Metaphor comparison of two things to give more
  meaning to the main subject.
• That man is a pig.
• Simile Comparison of two things using like or
  as
• He eats like a pig.

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Literary terms

• Study of poetry
• Alliteration repetition of same sound over short
  intervals, usually consonants, at beginning of
  numerous words
• Assonance repetition of vowel sounds
• Consonance repetition of final consonant sounds

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Literary terms

• Meter regular pattern of accented and unaccented
  syllables in a line of poetry
• Rhythm pattern or flow of sound created by the
  arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Literary terms

• Foreshadowing referring to or suggesting events
  before they happen
• Dramatic Irony tension caused when the audience
  knows something the characters dont

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• Oxymoron conjoining contradictory words
• Jumbo shrimp heavy lightness fierce gentleness
• Iambic Pentameter meter used in poetry
  consisting of one unrhymed line with five accents