English 11 Literary Terms List #2

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rhetorical question

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a question that does not need a direct answer. Ex: have you lost your mind?

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anecdote

Back 2

an amusing story usually about people

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sensory imagery

Back 3

descriptive details that appeal to the senses. Ex: so sweet you could taste the brown sugar on the warm sweet coffee cake.

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romanticism in literature

Back 4

literature that gives that idealized portrayal of life, both dark or romantic in nature.

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realism in literature

Back 5

literature giving a daily harsh picture of life.

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allusion

Back 6

making an indirect reference in literature to history, literature, the bible, mythology, etc. ex: the heavy weight class of wrestlers looked like a group of hercules.

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tragedy

Back 7

a play that ends with death

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flat character

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a character with only one dimension. ex: as reading the book we only see josh as a sad person.

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dynamic character

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a character who changes in the course of story. he was sad when jerry became happy at the end of the story.

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autobiography

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a form of non-fiction(true story) where a person tells his own life story.