Literary Terms II
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- contrast
- points out differences
- cause and effect
- two events are related to eachother when one event brings out the other
- myth
- story including gods, goddesses, mortals, and heroes, that sometimes attempt to explain how things came to be
- fact
- a statement that can be proven
- repetition
- repeating a word, phrase, sound throughout a literary work
- legend
- a story about a person's heroic deeds
- personification
- giving human qualities to animals or objects
- figurative language
- expressive language that is written to create a special effect or feeling
- denotation
- the dictionary meaning of a word
- irony
- difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen
- dialect
- language spoken by people in a particular region or group
- simile
- comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- hyperbole
- an extreme exaggeration
- folktale
- stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth
- dialogue
- conversation spoken between characters
- folklore
- tradtions and customs passed down within a culture
- onomatopoeia
- the use of words that sound like the noise they describe
- fable
- a fictional story intended to teach a lesson in which animals speak and act like human beings
- moral
- a lesson taught by a story
- symbolism
- the use of one thing to stand for or represent something else
- alliteration
- the repetition of sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the begining of words.
- connotation
- feelings or emotions associated with a given word
- science fiction
- story based on real or imagined scientific development
- fantasy
- story that takes place in an unreal, imaginary world and often involve magic or characters with super human powers
- opinion
- a statement that cannot be proven
- imagery
- writing that appeals to the senses - touch, sight, smell, hear, taste
- compare
- points out similarities; what is the same
- metaphor
- comparison of two unlike things