Literary Terms Test
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| A. The generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture.B. A category used to classify literary work, usually by form, technique or content (e.g., prose, poetry).C. The fluency, rhythm, and liveliness in a text that make it unique to the author.D. Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people.E. A character that symbolically embodies well-known meaning and basic human experiences, regardless or when or where he/she lives (e.g., hero, villain, intellectual, dreamer).F. Used to influence people to believe, but or do something (e.g., name-calling, bandwagon, red herring, emotional appeal, testimonial, repetition, sweeping generalization/stereotyping, circular argument, appeal to numbers/facts/statistics).G. In its widest sense, it is simply conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work; in its most restricted sense, it refers to the speech of characters in a drama.H. The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.I. The generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless or culture or time period.J. A playwright's written instructions provided in a the text of a play about the setting or how the actors are to move and behave in a play.K. Various sentence structures, styles, and lengths that can enhance the rhythm of or add emphasis to a piece of text.L. The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. This part of the story leads up to the climax, or turning point.M. Specific word choices in a text that strongly support the tone, mood, or meaning of the text.N. Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.O. The portion of the story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved.P. A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) IS used (e.g., The ant scurried as fast as a cheetah.)Q. An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story. These are often introduced as the dreams or recollections of one or more characters.R. Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives may be based in real life but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author.S. An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.T. A words that is similar in meaning to another word (e.g., sorry, grief, sadness). |
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