Literary Terms Crossword 1 – Flashcards
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Hyperbole
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Figure of speech that is an exaggeration or overstatement
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Paradox
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Statement that seems contrary to the truth but may be true
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Epiphany
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The moment of sudden understanding
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Parody
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Story that uses humorous excessive exaggeration to mock something
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Narrator
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Person telling the story
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Allusion
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Literary reference to a familiar thing
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Allegory
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Story in which characters, things, or actions represent or lead to a strong moral or lesson
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Genre
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Category or type of literature
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Mood
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Feeling in the story (happy, sad, tense, suspenseful , etc.)
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Malapropism
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Humorous play on words resulting from two similar words being misused
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Novella
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Story longer than a short story but not as long or complex as a novel
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Epitaph
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Short verse written in memory of someone
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Plot
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Sequence of events in a story
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Simile
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Figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using 'like' or 'as'
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Epic
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Long narrative poem that tells the great deeds of a hero
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Irony
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Words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or expected outcome
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Oxymoron
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Combination of contradictory terms
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Dialogue
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Direct conversation between characters
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Motif
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Often-repeated idea in a story
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Tragedy
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Story in which the hero is destroyed
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Moral
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Lesson of the story
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Gothic
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Characterized by mystery, castles, supernatural events, old mansions, etc.
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Quest
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Series of events in search of something
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Symbol
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Person, place, thing, or event that stands for something else
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Essay
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Kind of writing that expresses a person's viewpoint
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Satire
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Literary device used to make fun of human weaknesses
