English IV NCFE terms 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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literary terms to review

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the pattern of rhyme in a poem

rhyme scheme

5

The time and place of a story

setting

5

a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')

simile

5

events turn out the opposite of what was expected

situational irony

15

a (usually long) dramatic speech given by a character alone on stage

soliloquy

15

a group of lines in a poem or song that constitute a division (in prose: paragraph)

stanza

10

The way a story's events are assembled, or the form a poem or play takes

structure

20

words that have similar meanings

synonyms

5

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; word order

syntax

20

a central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

theme

10

The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous).

tone

15

the opposite of hyperbole. It Is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less that it really is. Ex. "I think I can

understatement

25

a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted

unreliable narrator

20

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

verbal irony

10