Literary Terms Jeopardy By: Cristina Ransom

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HyperboleExample: My sister uses so much makeup when she takes it off she

loses 30 pounds!

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OxymoronMy example: Deafening silence

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OnomatopoeiaMy example: Crackle

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SymbolMy example: In To Kill A Mockingbird the gifts Boo

Radley (soap, pennies, gum) are examples of a symbol. These items are a symbol for his gratitude.

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SimilieMy example: As light as a feather.

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The girl’s love for sweets was her Achilles Heel..

Allusion

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The quiet was like a quiet before a huge storm.

(example from To Kill a Mockingbird)

Foreshadowing

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My cat is my alarm clock.

Metaphor

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The small homely cottages where up to their windows in snow that would shine like

crystals.Imagery

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The trees waved to us off in the distance.

Personification

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Suspense

The building/ rising of tension in the conflict of a story, often created with foreshadowing.

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Onomatopoeia

Words that sound like what they describe or name; words that sound like their meaning

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Oxymoron

Conjoining contradicting terms

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SymbolA part of a story that symbolizes a deeper meaning

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Allusion

An indirect historical, cultural, or literary reference that enriches the meaning of the literature

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Background knowledge to the literature

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Personification

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similie

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Hyperbole

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onomatopoeia

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metaphor

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