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Mrs.Goodson
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Literature
8th Grade
11/28/2011

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Stituational Irony
Definition
An outcome that turns out too be very different from what was expected, the difference between what was expected
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Verbal Irony
Definition
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what's mean't
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
understood by the audience but not grasped by the charactors in the story
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Foreshadowing
Definition
a literary device in which an author drops hints about plot development to come later in the story
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Flashback
Definition
A technique used to recall an event or occurence from an earlier time
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Flash forward
Definition
a leterary device in which the sequence of events is irrupted by the interjectuion of furture events
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Hyperbole
Definition
an exaggeration of what really happened this technique is used to highten effect of humor
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Understatement
Definition
what is said falls short, or the under the magnitude of what is being talked about
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allusion
Definition
a brief reference to a historical event of person it taps the knowledge of memory the reader already has
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pun
Definition
a play on words based on the similarty of sounds between the two words with different meanings
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homophonic
Definition
on of two or more words pronounced aloke but different in meaning or derivitaion or spelling
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Homographic
Definition
one or two or more words spelled alike but different meaning and derivation of pronounced
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denotation
Definition
is the strict dictionary of a words
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connotation
Definition
is the emotional and imagination association surrowding a word
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tone
Definition
the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or charactor, serious, humorous,sarcastics, ironics, satricial, tone in check.
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Satire
Definition
the use of sarcasm to ridicule another literary work, charactor, or author
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Anecdote
Definition
a brief account of an interesting incident or event that is usally intend to enterain or make a point
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Malaproisms
Definition
An act of habit of misusing words ridiculously esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
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spoonerisms
Definition
words or pharses in which letters of syllables get swapped this often happens accidently in slips of tounge.
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Oxymorons
Definition
a figure of speech that combins two normally contradictory terms
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Tongue Twisters
Definition
a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce.
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Stituational Irony
Definition
An outcome that turns out too be very different from what was expected, the difference between what was expected
Term
Verbal Irony
Definition
A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what's mean't
Term
Dramatic Irony
Definition
understood by the audience but not grasped by the charactors in the story
Term
Foreshadowing
Definition
a literary device in which an author drops hints about plot development to come later in the story
Term
Flashback
Definition
A technique used to recall an event or occurence from an earlier time
Term
Flash forward
Definition
a leterary device in which the sequence of events is irrupted by the interjectuion of furture events
Term
Hyperbole
Definition
an exaggeration of what really happened this technique is used to highten effect of humor
Term
Understatement
Definition
what is said falls short, or the under the magnitude of what is being talked about
Term
allusion
Definition
a brief reference to a historical event of person it taps the knowledge of memory the reader already has
Term
pun
Definition
a play on words based on the similarty of sounds between the two words with different meanings
Term
homophonic
Definition
on of two or more words pronounced aloke but different in meaning or derivitaion or spelling
Term
Homographic
Definition
one or two or more words spelled alike but different meaning and derivation of pronounced
Term
denotation
Definition
is the strict dictionary of a words
Term
connotation
Definition
is the emotional and imagination association surrowding a word
Term
tone
Definition
the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or charactor, serious, humorous,sarcastics, ironics, satricial, tone in check.
Term
Satire
Definition
the use of sarcasm to ridicule another literary work, charactor, or author
Term
Anecdote
Definition
a brief account of an interesting incident or event that is usally intend to enterain or make a point
Term
Malaproisms
Definition
An act of habit of misusing words ridiculously esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
Term
spoonerisms
Definition
words or pharses in which letters of syllables get swapped this often happens accidently in slips of tounge.
Term
Oxymorons
Definition
a figure of speech that combins two normally contradictory terms
Term
Tongue Twisters
Definition
a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce.
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