English 2 eoc literary terms

alliteration

susy sold seashells down by the seashore

allusion

according to Michael Jordan, “All things come with practice".” (a reference)

analogy

he was a rock of strength like his mother before him

annotation

taking notes (like we did with reading yesterday)

coherence

the flow and clarity of writing

concrete nouns

cars, roads, paper, money, hair

diction

word choice

dramatic irony

reader knows more than characters

pathos (emotion)

emotional appeal

ethos (ethics)

ethical appeal based on reputation

example

for instance; proof; evidence

extended metaphor

runs throughout the work to compare over and over

foreshadowing

hints at future outcome of the story

generalization

making a general claim; (example; “All Blondes are dumb”)

genre

fiction; non-fiction; poetry

humor

causes laughter

image/imagery

uses sensory details to create mental pictures

inference

using context clues to make an educated guess

situational irony

When the entire situation of a story surprises everyone

logos (logic)

statistics, proof for support of something

arbitrary

unclear; nonsense

subsequent

Coming after or later

subdivision

Splitting a single property into smaller parcels

unalterable

not able to be changed

posterity

future generations

verbal irony

Using sarcasm (Example: Tay called his friend a "Genius" after the friend made a 2% on the test.)