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Seventh Grade Terra Nova Review

Literary Terms


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What is alliteration?


The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or

syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs).


What is onomatopoeia?


The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they

refer to.


What is personification?


A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions

are endowed with human qualities or are represented as

possessing human form.


What is rhyme?


repetition of sounds at the ends of words


What is figurative language?


writing that is not meant to be taken literally


What is an autobiography?


a person's life story (nonfiction)


What is a biography?


a person's life story told by another person (nonfiction)


What is a drama?


fiction written to be performed by actors (plays)


What is fiction?


literature that is about imaginary characters and events, fake


What is nonfiction?


writing that presents and explains real people, places, or events,

not fake


What is character?


a person/animal who takes part in the action of a literary work


What is conflict?


a problem in a story between characters


What is flashback?


an interruption in fiction that relates an event from an earlier

time


What is foreshadowing?


the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to happen


What is symbolism?


When one thing represents something

else


What is a short story?


a brief work of fiction


What is a myth?


a fictional story using gods and goddesses


What is a fable?


a story using animal characters that teaches a

lesson


What is an anecdote?


a brief story about an interesting or amusing event


What is a novel?


a long work of fiction


What is point of view?


the perspective from which a story is told


What is first person point of view?


When the narrator is in the story, pronouns such as I and we are

used


What is omniscient point of view?


The narrator is all knowing


What is suspense?


a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome

of events in a literary work


What is implied theme?


a central message in a literary work that is not clearly stated,

the reader must analyze what the author is trying to teach them


What is dialect?


the form of a language spoken by people in a certain region


What is genre?


a type of literature


What is imagery?


a word/phrase that appeals to

one or more of the five senses


What is a simile?


comparison of two unlike things using like or as


What is a metaphor?


comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as

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