Literary Terms Vocabulary

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repetition

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a repeated action or event

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What is a 'fact'?

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A statement that can be proven true or false

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'Flashback' refers to:

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a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past

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Opinion

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A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.

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Stanza

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A group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem

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What is a 'simile'?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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Fiction

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A type of literature

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Onomatopoeia

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A figure of speech where words mimic sounds

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Define 'synonym'.

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word

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Genre

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A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.