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Literary Terms

Authored by Katie Moorhead

English

10th Grade

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Literary Terms
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1.

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30 sec • 1 pt

adjective that describes a general tone that is overly scholarly

scholarly
academic
intellectual
pedantic

2.

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presenting something as less significant than it is

minimization
downplay
exaggeration

understatement

3.

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30 sec • 1 pt

Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights

Wit

Cleverness

Humor

Sarcasm

4.

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30 sec • 1 pt

rhetoric:

describes principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively

branch of linguistics that studies the meaning of words, their history and psychological development, their connotations, their relation to one another

the way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences

presenting something as less significant than it is

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim or comic effect and/or ridicule

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

perspective from which a story is told

angle of view
point of view
perspective of sight
viewpoint

7.

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30 sec • 1 pt

syntax

word or phrase that links different ideas

targets human vices and follies of social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule

the way the author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences

presenting something as less significant

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