Talk the Talk Literary Terms Review

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Across
  1. 1. A contradictory statement that may seem absurd until one looks closer; ex: “Time is money”
  2. 5. When a literary text has an unhappy ending featuring the downfall of a major character
  3. 7. The literal, dictionary definition of a word
  4. 8. When two characters are opposite or contrast each other
  5. 9. Like sarcasm, when someone says something they don’t mean it is an example of _______________ irony
  6. 11. When a story hints at future events in the plot
  7. 12. The literary device being used here: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”
  8. 16. The repetition of internal vowel sounds such as in: “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”
  9. 17. “The cat in the hat” and “Too cool for school” both contains examples of _________
  10. 18. The literary device being used here: He is sly as a fox
  11. 20. When authors use language that appeals to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
  12. 21. The title of the novel Of Mice and Men is an ____________ to a Robert Burns’ Poem called “To a Mouse”
  13. 22. ___________ characterization is when we must infer details about a character through their actions or dialogue
  14. 25. The literary device being used here: The clouds cried tears of sorrow
  15. 26. ____________ characterization is when the narrator or characters in the story give information about a character
  16. 27. A comparison in which the speaker is trying to highlight the similarities between two things with clarification or explanation; ex: life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get
Down
  1. 2. ________________ irony: When the audience knows more about what is going on in the story than the characters do
  2. 3. Words like: zap, boom, whoosh, zoom
  3. 4. Expressions such as: “It’s raining cats and dogs”, “Costs an arm and a leg”, “Piece of cake”, or “Spill the beans”
  4. 6. When someone says they have “a million things to do” they are using the literary device of _____________
  5. 7. Dialogue in Of Mice and Men such as “alla time” “live off the fatta the lan’ ” and "horseshoe tenement” are examples of __________
  6. 10. The emotional association of a word rather than the literal definition
  7. 13. If someone uses the term “let go” to refer to someone losing their job or describing a used car as “pre owned” this could be an example of ___________
  8. 14. If someone says it’s “a little breezy today” as a hurricane approaches then they are using an __________________
  9. 15. The literary device being used here: She is a ray of sunshine
  10. 19. Examples of this literary device include: alone together, bitter sweet, virtual reality, and jumbo shrimp
  11. 23. When anything (ex: a word, sound, symbol, etc.) in a literary work is used more than once this is ___________________
  12. 24. A fire station catching on fire would be an example of _____________ irony
  13. 25. Jokes such as: “The bicycle can’t run because it is two-tired” or “Why did the rabbit skip school? It was having a bad hare day”