Literary Terms Flashcards

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Theme

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The central idea or message in a piece of writing

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Context

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The circumstances or background that give meaning to words and ideas

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Culture

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The customs, arts, social institutions of a particular group

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Root

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The basic part of a word that carries the main meaning

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Prefix

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A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning

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Metaphor

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Comparing two unlike things

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Simile

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Comparing using 'like' or 'as'

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Alliteration

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Repeated consonant sounds

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration