11th Grade 25/26 Unit2 Quiz #2
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character motivation
The reason or reasons behind a character's behavior
theme
central message or insight conveyed in a work of literature
symbol
a person, place, or thing that stands for something beyond its original meaning
irony
a contrast between what is stated and what is meant or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
aphorism
a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
personification
When a non-human subject is given human characteristics
metaphor
a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.
simile
a figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.
hyperbole
a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement
imagery
the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader
alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
onomotapoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
mood
also called atmosphere, the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
character
a person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
theme
a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work.
symbol
anything that stands for or represents something else.
author’s message
the main idea or concept that the author wants to convey to the reader
extended metaphor
a writer speaks or writes of a subject as though it were something else; sustains a metaphor for several lines
anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
symbolism
the use of symbols that stand for or represent something else.
parallelism
the repetition of grammatical structure in order to create a rhythm and make words more memorable
cataloging
a literary form and poetic device that involves creating a list of people, objects, or ideas to highlight their relationships to each other.
synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa; example is "hungry mouths to feed"
-auto-
self
-bio-
life
-graph-
writing
di-/disp-
not; away (Latin) or two (Greek)
super-
above; over