Literacy Terms & Examples

Question 0

Paradox

Answer 0

self-contradictory statement that when explained may prove to be true

“I was not there, yet I was there”

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

Example: “my classroom was a church” he doesn’t believe in religion but he teaches it in a church

Question 2

Internal conflict

Answer 2

-mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses

Example: grant has to decide whether or not lying to jefferson is the best thing to do or not

Question 3

Characterization

Answer 3

Example: “she is the average height 5’4 but weighs nearly 200 pounds” Jeffersons grandmother

Question 4

Symbol

Answer 4

Example: hog symbolized how Jefferson acted throughout the story

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

-adding characteristic to something nonhuman

Example: his eyes mocked me (eyes can’t mock)