Literary Terms

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Literary Terms

• Lets have fun!!
• SOL 9.3 The student will read and analyze a
  variety of literature.
• Identify format, text structure, and main idea.
• Identify the characteristics that distinguish
  literary forms.
• Use literary terms in describing and analyzing
  selections.
• Explain the relationships between and among
  elements of literature characters, plot,
  setting, tone, point of view, and theme.
• Explain the relationship between the authors
  style and literary effect.
• Describe the use of images and sounds to elicit
  the readers emotions.
• Explain the influence of historical context on
  the form, style, and point of view of a written
  work.

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Jumbo shrimp is an example of an
____________________.

1. Analogy
2. Personification
3. Oxymoron
4. Allusion

3
Buzz and zoom are examples of ____________________
__.

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Alliteration
3. Oxymoron
4. Allusion

4
I am so thirsty that I could drink a swimming
pool full of water is an example of
_________________.

1. Personification
2. Onomatopoeia
3. Hyperbole
4. Alliteration

5
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is
an example of _______.

1. Onomatopoeia
2. Alliteration
3. Oxymoron
4. Allusion

6
In the play, there was a reference to something
from the main characters past. This is an
example of an _______________________.

1. Oxymoron
2. Flashback
3. Allusion
4. Hyperbole

7
In a __________________ one thing seems to be
contradiction to another.

1. Satire
2. Understatement
3. Paradox
4. Pun

8
The sweet aroma of a freshly baked apple pie
drifted through the air striking ones nose
immediately upon entrance into Grandmas kitchen.
This _________ is used to help the reader
identify with the surroundings.

1. Elegy
2. Imagery
3. Paradox
4. Satire

9
After looking out the window and seeing the
severe rain storm, Jack announced, Boy, it
aint raining none! This is an example of
______________.

1. dramatic irony
2. situational irony
3. verbal irony
4. visual irony

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This class could not believe it when Mrs. Pruitt
broke out into tears after the story was read
aloud. That was the last thing they expected
would happen.

1. Dramatic irony
2. Situational irony
3. Verbal irony
4. Visual irony

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While the play was going on, only the audience
saw the chandelier shaking above the dancers
heads.

1. Dramatic irony
2. Situational irony
3. Verbal irony
4. Visual irony