Milo Literary Terms Quiz 5
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| a sense of completion or finality at the conclusion of play or narrative work--especially a feeling in the audience that all the problems have been resolved satisfactorily. | ||
| ghostly counterpart of a living person or an alter ego | ||
| Like hyperbole, a boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without in-tending to be literally true. | ||
| a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles | ||
| the use of quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme | ||
| the repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | ||
| a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') | ||
| use of techniques such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, and/or digression in the telling of a story | ||
| "Seize the day"; a Latin phrase implying that one must live for the present moment, for tomorrow may be too late. | ||
| A term often used to denote figures of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning. Distinguished from figures of speech based upon word order or sound pattern. | ||
| the reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from set of premises and contains no more facts than these premises | ||
| the main idea the author is trying to get across in a written work | ||
| a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially honoring the dead | ||
| Contemplation of past things. | ||
| A story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point. | ||
| the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse | ||
| that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof. | ||
| a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics | ||
| the figures of speech, syntax, diction, and other stylistic elements that collectively produce artistic effects | ||
| the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall |
