8th grade Literary Terms flashcards for Unit 1

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Pattern of beats in a line of poetry or prose

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rhythm

Front

Central idea in a literary work

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theme

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_______ – a figure of speech in which one thing is written about as if it were another

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metaphor

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The combination of images within a literary work

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imagery

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What is created by the way the sounds of the words combine?

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Sound

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Language that creates a concrete representation of an object or experience.

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image

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Act of creating or describing a character

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characterization

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_______ – comparison using “like” or “as”

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simile

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Giving human qualities to things that are not human

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Personification

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_______ - writing that is meant to be understood imaginatively rather than literally

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figure of speech