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Literary Terms AOL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Author's Purpose | to entertain, inform, and persuade. |
| allusion | reference in a work of literature to a well-known character, place, or situation from another work of literature , art, or history. |
| repetition | recurrence of words, phrases, lines, etc. |
| figurative language | language that compares one thing to something that is familiar. |
| imagery | language that appeals to the senses. |
| simile | compares seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as". |
| metaphor | comparison that compares seemingly unlike things and does not use "like" or "as". |
| personification | human quality is given to an animal, object, or idea; Example: The trees are dancing in the wind. |
| alliteration | Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Example: wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken. |
| Onomatopoeia | The author makes up a word to mimic the way a sound really sounds. Example: Caarackle! |
| Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point. Example: She's said so on several million occasions. |
| symbol | any object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else. |
| foreshadowing | an author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story. |
| idioms | expression that's not meant to be taken literally. |
| flashback | Goes backwards to a time that happened a while ago; Remembrance. |
| direct charecterization |
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