Lit Terms

2. Appeals to the reader’s emotions
3. an extreme exaggeration
6. a short story to hook the audience; an engaging story of one person’s experience
7. the opposite of what is expected. Can be verbal, situational, or dramatic
8. comparing two or more things without using like or as
10. the use of two or more consonant sounds in a row
12. a reference to a piece of literature, pop culture, or a person or event in history
14. using one word to represent two things in different senses
15. comparing two or more things using like or as

1. a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply
4. giving human qualities to inanimate objects, abstract notions, or animals
5. Appeals to the reader’s ethics (sense of right wrong) (morals)
6. the direct opposite of
9. the use of sound words
11. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of each of the words
13. Appeals to the reader’s logic or reasoning (often uses facts/data/numbers)