English IV Review Terms

A struggle between a character and an outside force

• external conflict

• oral tradition

• historical context

• alliteration

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole; Ex. Lend me your ears

• Synecdoche

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

A recurring theme, subject or idea

• Epic

• Motif

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

a brave and noble character, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Epic hero

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Personification

• Caesura

• Foreshadowing

• Alliteration

Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next

• Personification

• Historical context

• Oral tradition

• Foreshadowing

extreme exaggeration

• Synecdoche

• Caesura

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

the time period that shapes a work of literature and allows the reader to understand important issues in a given time

period

• Historical context

• External conflict

• Hyperbole

• Symbolism

the use of objects or people to represent ideas or qualities

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

• Foreshadowing

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

• Oral tradition

• Synecdoche

• Foreshadowing

• Personification