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Literary terms

Literary terms. Freddie Gomez. Irony. Ironic Ex. The swimming coach drowned. Ex. The fireman's house burned down. Imagery. Visual images Ex. I visualized the story in my head. Ex. There are lots of visual images in a story. Onomatopeia.

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Literary terms

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  1. Literary terms Freddie Gomez

  2. Irony • Ironic • Ex. The swimming coach drowned. • Ex. The fireman's house burned down.

  3. Imagery • Visual images • Ex. I visualized the story in my head. • Ex. There are lots of visual images in a story.

  4. Onomatopeia • Imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

  5. personification • A description of an object as being a living person or animal

  6. Foreshadowing • predict what might occur later • Ex. I predict that the mayor will die. • Ex. The prediction was made at the house.

  7. Flashback • To remember something from the past. • Ex. In my dream I had a flashback. • Ex. Every story has a flashback.

  8. Protagonist • The main character • Ex. Batman • Ex. Spider man

  9. Antagonist • The enemy of the protagonist • Ex. Joker • Ex. Venom

  10. Hyperbole • Exaggeration to create an effect • Ex. I would rather die than eat what your eating. • Ex. I would rather go to school than stay here with you.

  11. Alliteration • The repetition of the same constant sound. • Ex. He helped hector paint his house. • Ex. My mom made me make my bed.

  12. Rhyme • When words have the same sound • Ex. The cat was in my hat. • Ex. The bat fought with a rat.

  13. Paradox • A statement that appears to contradict itself. • Ex. "A dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tale when it's pleased. Now I growl when I'm pleased and wag my tale when I'm angry." • Ex. "War is peace.“ "Freedom is slavery.""Ignorance is strength."

  14. Metaphor • the comparison of two unlike things. • Ex. He is a pig • Ex. They are monkeys

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