We will take a literary terms quiz each week for six weeks. Use the flashcards for review and practice assessments to measure your understanding. Dates will be posted on the planner and lessons.
There will be one summative assessment at the end. Please see the full list below the flash cards.
There will be one summative assessment at the end. Please see the full list below the flash cards.
Set One: Allegory through Apostrophe
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Set Two: Argument through Consonance
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Set Three:
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Set Four: Genre through Metonymy
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Set Five: Point of View through Satire
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Set Six: Situational Irony through Voice
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Here is the complete list of terms to know:
- Allegory a work that functions on a symbolic level
- Alliteration use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
- Allusion a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
- Analogy drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- Anaphora the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
- Anecdote short story of an amusing or interesting event
- Antecedent a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- Antithesis an opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses
- Aphorism a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
- Apostrophe a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent
- Argument a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- Assonance the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- Asyndeton Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. Asyndeton takes the form of X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. Ex: "Be one of the few, the proud, the Marines." Marine Corps Ex: "We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." John F. Kennedy
- Attitude the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience
- Character person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
- Chiasmus Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea.
- Cliche an overused saying or idea
- Colloquialism characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
- Connotation a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
- Consonance repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong
- Deduction reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- Denotation the literal meaning of a word
- Dependent Clause a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
- Description the purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described; sometimes an author engages all five senses.
- Diction the author's choice of words
- Direct Object the object that receives the direct action of the verb
- Dramatic Irony occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening
- Ethos the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator
- Euphemism an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
- Extended Metaphor the comparison between two things is continued beyond the first point of comparison; this extends and deepens a description.
- Genre type or category of literary work (e.g., poetry, essay, short story, novel, drama)
- Homily a sermon, or a moralistic lecture
- Cacophony harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- Hyperbole a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
- Independent Clause a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
- Indirect Object the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
- Invective An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack
- Logos an appeal based on logic or reason
- Metaphor a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- Metonymy symbolism; one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely identified (the White House)
- Mood a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude
- Narration the act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence
- Narrative consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
- Onomatopoeia the use of words that mimic sounds. they appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. a string of syllables the author has made up to represent the way a sound really sounds. example: caarackle!
- Oxymoron a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
- Paradox a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- Parallelism refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
- Parody a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
- Pathos quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness
- Personification a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- Point of View the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient)
- Predicate tells what the subject is or does
- Predicate Adjective follows a linking verb and describes the subject
- Predicate Noun follows a linking verb and defines or renames the subject
- Pronoun/Antecedent the antecedent is the word the pronoun replaces
- Prose ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse
- Repetition sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzaz are repeated for emphasis
- Rhetoric the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
- Sarcasm from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," ___ involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; it may use irony as a device
- Satire language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
- Situational Irony an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
- Stream-of-consciousness a narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought process of the narrator, no matter how random or spontaneous that may be
- Subject tells whom or what the sentence is about
- Syllogism deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
- Symbol anything that stands for or represents something else
- Synecdoche using a part of something to represent the whole thing
- Syntax the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language.
- Theme central idea of a work of literature
- Thesis an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- Third Person Limited point of view which represents the feelings of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters
- Tone the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, either stated or implied
- Understatement the opposite of exaggeration; it is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended
- Verbal Irony in this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning
- Voice can refer to two different areas of writing; one refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive); the second refers to the total "sound" of the writer's style.
- Allegory a work that functions on a symbolic level
- Alliteration use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
- Allusion a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
- Analogy drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
- Anaphora the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
- Anecdote short story of an amusing or interesting event
- Antecedent a preceding occurrence or cause or event
- Antithesis an opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses
- Aphorism a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
- Apostrophe a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent
- Argument a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- Assonance the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- Asyndeton Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. The parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted; in addition, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the sentence. Asyndeton takes the form of X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z. Ex: "Be one of the few, the proud, the Marines." Marine Corps Ex: "We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." John F. Kennedy
- Attitude the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience
- Character person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work
- Chiasmus Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the pattern of X Y Y X. It is often short and summarizes a main idea.
- Cliche an overused saying or idea
- Colloquialism characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
- Connotation a meaning or association suggested by a word beyond its definition
- Consonance repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong
- Deduction reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- Denotation the literal meaning of a word
- Dependent Clause a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
- Description the purpose of this rhetorical mode is to re-create, invent, or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader can picture that being described; sometimes an author engages all five senses.
- Diction the author's choice of words
- Direct Object the object that receives the direct action of the verb
- Dramatic Irony occurs when another character(s) and/or the audience know more than one or more characters on stage about what is happening
- Ethos the appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator
- Euphemism an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
- Extended Metaphor the comparison between two things is continued beyond the first point of comparison; this extends and deepens a description.
- Genre type or category of literary work (e.g., poetry, essay, short story, novel, drama)
- Homily a sermon, or a moralistic lecture
- Cacophony harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
- Hyperbole a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
- Independent Clause a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
- Indirect Object the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
- Invective An intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack
- Logos an appeal based on logic or reason
- Metaphor a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- Metonymy symbolism; one thing is used as a substitute for another with which it is closely identified (the White House)
- Mood a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude
- Narration the act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence
- Narrative consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story
- Onomatopoeia the use of words that mimic sounds. they appeal to our sense of hearing and they help bring a description to life. a string of syllables the author has made up to represent the way a sound really sounds. example: caarackle!
- Oxymoron a figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms
- Paradox a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- Parallelism refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.
- Parody a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
- Pathos quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or sadness
- Personification a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
- Point of View the perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient)
- Predicate tells what the subject is or does
- Predicate Adjective follows a linking verb and describes the subject
- Predicate Noun follows a linking verb and defines or renames the subject
- Pronoun/Antecedent the antecedent is the word the pronoun replaces
- Prose ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter; referring to speech or writing other than verse
- Repetition sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzaz are repeated for emphasis
- Rhetoric the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
- Sarcasm from the Greek meaning "to tear flesh," ___ involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something; it may use irony as a device
- Satire language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
- Situational Irony an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
- Stream-of-consciousness a narrative technique that places the reader in the mind and thought process of the narrator, no matter how random or spontaneous that may be
- Subject tells whom or what the sentence is about
- Syllogism deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
- Symbol anything that stands for or represents something else
- Synecdoche using a part of something to represent the whole thing
- Syntax the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language.
- Theme central idea of a work of literature
- Thesis an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
- Third Person Limited point of view which represents the feelings of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters
- Tone the author's attitude toward the subject or audience, either stated or implied
- Understatement the opposite of exaggeration; it is a technique for developing irony and/or humor where one writes or says less than intended
- Verbal Irony in this type of irony, the words literally state the opposite of the writer's true meaning
- Voice can refer to two different areas of writing; one refers to the relationship between a sentence's subject and verb (active and passive); the second refers to the total "sound" of the writer's style.
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