Literary Terms (Avi, English 20-2)

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  1. 5. Literary works of imagination; people and events are not real (but can be true to life)
  2. 6. An exaggerated statement or claim – not meant to be taken literally
  3. 7. when reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning; a contrast between what is expected and what occurs
  4. 8. The term idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning can’t be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words in it. The phrase is understood to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply.
  5. 9. Occurs in poetry when a phrase in one line continues into the next
  6. 10. A type or category to which a literary work belongs
Down
  1. 1. The fact of putting things that are not similar next to each other in order to show a contrast – to show how different these things are.
  2. 2. A description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) it can be LITERAL or FIGURATIVE
  3. 3. A scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present
  4. 4. A character, object, or scene that sets off another by contrast
  5. 5. Events or information presented to prepare for later events