Lit Terms

2. an extreme exaggeration
4. repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
5. using one word to represent two things in different senses
9. comparing two or more things using like or as
13. Appeals to the reader’s ethics (sense of right wrong) (morals)
14. a reference to a piece of literature, pop culture, or a person or event in history
15. the act of repeating, or doing, saying, or writing something again
16. a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply
17. an extreme understatement
20. a short story to hook the audience; an engaging story of one person’s experience
21. the opposite of what is expected. Can be verbal, situational, or dramatic

1. the use of sound words
3. Appeals to the reader’s logic or reasoning (often uses facts/data/numbers)
6. the direct opposite of
7. the use of two or more consonant sounds in a row
8. giving human qualities to inanimate objects, abstract notions, or animals
10. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of each of the words
11. Appeals to the reader’s emotions
12. when a narrator returns to events in the past
18. the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things
19. comparing two or more things without using like or as