American Literature Final Exam

Words that represent sounds

• oxymoron

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• synecdoche

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Language that appeals to all senses

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• allegory

• pathos

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Latin for 'in the middle of things'

• in media res

• alliteration

• diction

• assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Stanza of poetry consisting of 4 lines

• quatrain

• couplet

• pastoral

• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

Novel dealing with formative years of the antagonist; in particular, his or her psychological and moral development

• bildungsroman

• flashback

• satire

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Repetition of consonant sounds within words

• idiom

• diction

• consonance

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Appeal used to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Expressions that do not mean literally what they say

• consonance

• understatement

• figurative language

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The complete opposite of something

• alliteration

• narrative

• antithesis

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A word or expression used in casual language by common people

• narrative

• diction

• colloquialism

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3