Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something'

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• Wise men speak because they have something to
  say, fools because they have to say something.
• Plato

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Literary Terms

• American Literature

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What word means

• A sequence of repeated consonantal sounds in a
  stretch of language
• alliteration

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What word is depicted below? (you can use all of
your senses)

• imagery

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What word explains this example

• John says I am going north by bicycle, but she
  is coming south by car.
• Rich says That is opposite (Rick moves left on
  stage).
• Stage Directions

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What word is a passing reference in a work of
literature

• allusion

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What word means

• a word, thing, or idea chosen for the purpose of
  comparison it is also another word for a
  literary parallel (we did not review this
  wordtry it) ?
• analogy

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We are analyzing his word choice.

• diction

I have dream
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The cats sounds are soft and gentle meow!

• Think of the sounds!

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What word means

• Im so hungry I can eat a horse.
• hyperbole

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What word is depicted below?

• simile

The sailors were as strong as the ship.
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What word means

• Words which sound like the noise they describewe
  didnt review this word. Try it! ?
• onomatopoeia

Bop, bop
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What word deals with

• Language that is literally true!
• Literal Language

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Example

• Shakespeare remarks, love is the star to every
  wandering bark.
• metaphor

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What word meansthese represent something else

• symbol

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What word means

• The saxophone was crying last night.
• personification

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What word is

• a central point in a story
• theme

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What word is depicted below this comedy is know
for its(this is a new word)

• parody

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What word means

• The contrast between appearance and reality
• irony

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What is this?

• It is the opposite of hyperbole. Creating
  emphasis by saying less than is actually true.
  The reader might well pause here and recollect
  that it is traditional among robbers to steal
  escape vehicles, not to borrow them from
  friends.
• Understatement

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What word means

• A play on words that often has a comic effect
  the hungry gorilla went ape.
• pun

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What word is depicted below?

• satire

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What is

• is a statement that seems to contradict itself
  but, is nevertheless, true. ExThe Worlds on
  Fire
• money is allocated for a music video can also
  feed a village.
• paradox

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What is

• it when the readers know more than the
  characters. Ex We knew why Jim Carey could not
  tell a lie.
• Dramatic Irony

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What is

• A repetition of the same word or phrase
• e.g. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!
  (William Shakespeare, King John, II, i)
• repetition

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What is this?

• You just got a horrible haircut however,
  everyone complements your new style. I just love
  your new haircut!
• Verbal irony

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What is it

• You expect the vacation to be wonderful however,
  the opposite situation happens. It rains the
  entire vacation.
• Situational irony

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What is ?

• the attitude a writer takes towards a subject
  mean, rude, funny, etc.
• Tone

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What is ?

• the villain, the hero, the warrior, the
  caretaker, the trickster, etc
• archetype

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What is ?

• a speech in which a character speaks thoughts
  aloud. The character is on the stage alone, not
  speaking to other characters.
• soliloquy

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What is ?

• a rhymed pair of lines
• I was angry with my foe
• I told it not, my wrath did grow (W. Blake)
• couplet

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What is ?

• The repetition of one or more lines in each
  stanza of a poem (or lyrics)
• refrain

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What is ?

• an indirect reference to another literary work
  or to a famous person (we already had this in the
  review)
• Ex Lord of the Flies and the Simpsons
• allusion

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Why is this film a tragedy?
death
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What is

• A battle between two characters?
• conflict

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What is this?

• You are my dawg!

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Good Luck! ?