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Name The Literary Term: A reference to some other piece of work, pop culture, person, etc.
Allusion
Name The Literary Term: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Alliteration
Name The Literary Term: Two consecutive rhymed lines in poetry, typically at the end of a poem or sonnet
Couplet
Name The Literary Term: Language that is not literal
Figurative Language
Name The Literary Term: Character whose contrasts with another character serve to highlight aspects of that character
Foil
Name The Literary Term: A hint to the reader about the general direction of the plot
Foreshadowing
Name The Literary Term: Extreme exaggeration used to make a point
Hyperbole
Name The Literary Term: The expression of a certain idea by saying the opposite, the difference between what happens and what the reader expects
Irony
Name The Literary Term: A comparison made without using the words “like” or “as”
Metaphor
Name The Literary Term: Dominant emotion reader takes from text due to description and tone
Mood
Name The Literary Term: The use of words that sound like what they mean
Onomatopoeia
Name The Literary Term: Phrase made up of opposite words
Oxymoron
Name The Literary Term: Sequence of events in a story
Plot
Name The Literary Term: How the narrator relates the events described in a piece of writing -- the perspective -- 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
Point of View
Name The Literary Term: A play on words
Pun
Name The Literary Term: Saying the same thing more than once
Repetition
