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Literary terms
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Literature
8th Grade
10/08/2015

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Irony
Definition
Conflict between expectation and reality.
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Verbal irony(sarcasm)
Definition
A contrast between what is said or written, and what is really meant. The opposite
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Situational irony
Definition
Occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected would happen.
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Dramatic irony
Definition
The audience knows something a character doesn't know.
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Figurative language
Definition
Creative uses of language;figures of speech
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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of consonant sounds that are close together. (Purple people eaters).
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Assonance
Definition
Repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together only the lonely.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning.
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Clichè
Definition
An expression, idea, or clement of an artistic work which has been overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
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Hyperbole
Definition
And exaggeration.
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Idiom
Definition
An expression, precular to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words.
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Simile
Definition
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than resembles.
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Metaphor
Definition
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing is said to be another.
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Pun
Definition
A play on the multiple meanings a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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Personification
Definition
An object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, attitudes, denotation:the true meaning of a word or phrase; dictionary definition.
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Symbol
Definition
Person, place, thing, event, that has meaning in itself, and stands for something beyond itself as well. (Bald eagle, Santa)
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Connotation
Definition
Meaning of association or emotion suggested by a word or phrase.
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Denotation
Definition
The true meaning of a word or phrase; dictionary.
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Zoomorphism
Definition
Person that's described as an animal.
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