Lit Terms Flashcards
Dialect
A particular was of speaking Thai is unique to a social class or region
Dialogue
The words a character in a story speaks (aka discussion)
Satire
The use of humor, irony, and exaggeration to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vice
Parody
A work that makes fun of another work by imitating it
Extended metaphor
A metaphor used throughout a long passage or even a poem
Figure of speech
a word or phrase used in a nonliteral sense to add rhetorical force to a spoken or written passage.
Figurative language
Not literal
Idiom
Cliche (Popular FOS.)
Similar
Using like or as to compare 2 things
Metaphor
Comparing 2 difference things
Characterization
The way a writer reveals info about a character
What are the two types of characterization
Direct and indirect characterization
Direct characterization
Things told to us
Indirect characterization
Things we gather
Diction
The words a writer chooses/Enunciation of words
