Literary Terms "The Crucible"

Metonymy

EX: "Hollywood"

"The crown"

• is when you make something non-human seem like it has human traits or abilities

• one word or phrase is used to represent something easily associated with it

• a type of reasoning where a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositional

• Compares things without "like" or "as"

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Syllogism

EX: Major premise: All dogs are animals

Minor premise: Max is a dog

Conclusion: Therefore, Max is an animal

• where you express something by saying its opposite in a softer or less direct way

• is a group of extra words that add info to a sentence. EX: " her hands were trembling, she opened a letter"

• an important statement made by characters in a story that carry a big or main lesson

• A type of reasoning where a conclusion is drawn from two given or assumed propositial

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Metaphor

Ex: "He had a heart of stone"

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as' to show similarity.
• A statement that is literally true and not figurative.
• A type of poem that uses rhyme and meter.
• Compares things without "like or as"

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An important statement made by characters in a story that carry a big or main lesson

EX: "All are punished"

"you must always follow your heart"

• Pronouncements

• Litotes

• Personification

• Absolutes

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Absolutes

• exaggerating way of saying something, not meant to be taken litterly

• is when something happens that is the least of what you expect

• is a group of extra words that adds info to a sentence

• one word or phrase is used to represent something closely associated with it

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Exaggerating way of saying something, not meant to be taken literally

• Pronouncements

• Absolutes

• Hyperbole

• Litotes

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What is dramatic irony

• A character learns a lesson at the end of the story.

• The audience knows a character is walking into a trap, but the character does not.

• A character changes their mind during the story.

• A character makes a funny joke.

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parallelism

• A technique used to create suspense in a narrative.
• The use of similar grammatical structures in a sequence of words or phrases.
• The use of contrasting ideas in a literary work.
• The repetition of the same word at the beginning of each sentence.

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Litotes EX: "not bad --> Good"

"He's no fool --> smart"

• Litotes is a form of simile that compares two unlike things.
• Litotes is a type of metaphor that exaggerates meaning.
• Litotes refers to a rhetorical question used for emphasis.
• where you express something by saying its opposite in a softer or less direct way

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personification literary terms

• Personification is a type of poetry.
• Personification refers to the use of metaphors.
• Personification is a technique for writing dialogue.
• Personification is a literary term that gives human traits to non-human entities.

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