Literary Terms Review

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What is satire?

Back

A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weaknesses.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

What does the term 'style' refer to in literature?

Back

The form of how an author writes.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

What is dramatic irony?

Back

The reader sees a character’s mistakes which the character is unable to see.

Front

What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?

Back

Direct characterization involves telling, indirect involves showing.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Front

What is an allegory?

Back

A symbolic narrative representing abstract meanings.

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CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Front

What is a simile?

Back

A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

What is a theme in literature?

Back

The central idea or message that a literary work conveys.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

Front

What is foreshadowing?

Back

A literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What is a protagonist?

Back

The main character in a literary work, often facing a conflict.

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CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6