Pre-AP English I Fall Final Review

Literary elements, devices, and propaganda techniques.

	The sequence of incidents or events in a narrative.
	The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.
	In a narrative, the turning point in the action and/or the highest point of interest or excitement.
	A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.
	Beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound.
	General concept or idea, whether hidden or asserted, that the author is trying to convey to the audience.
	A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.
	Combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression.
	The place and time in which a narrative takes place.
	The writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience. It may be serious, humorous, sarcastic, indignant, etc.
	The main character in a literary work.
	The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative or presents information.
	A struggle between opposing forces. Ex: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, etc.
	Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.
	A shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts the normal chronological development of a story.
	Placing normally unassociated words, phrases, or ideas next to one another, often creating an effect or surprise or wit.
	Part of the plot's structure, this builds to a climax.
	Refers to the feelings and attitudes associated with a word.
	This person or thing brings conflict to the main character.
	A comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of the words like or as.
	The use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated.
	The dictionary definition of a word or a word's primary significance or reference.
	The part of the plot in which the problem in the story is resolved.
	The use of one object to represent or suggest something else.
	An instance of using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passage --dwelling on a point.
	The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
	To compare in order to show differences.
	The emotional atmosphere in a literary work.
	The elements of a statement contradict each other. Although the statement may appear illogical, impossible, or absurd, it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth.
	Choice and use of words in speech or writing.
	The use of a word or phrase that is less expressive or direct but considered less distasteful or offensive than another.
	A deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration. May be used for either serious or comic effect.
	A device whereby authority, sanction, and prestige of something an individual might respect and revere is carried over to something a propagandist would have the individual accept. Symbols are often used.
	Links a person or idea to a negative symbol.
	Technique that warns that a negative outcome or disaster will result if the audience does not follow a particular course of action.
	Citing individuals who are not qualified to make judgments about a particular issue.
	"Everyone is doing it, and so should you."
	Uses scientific words or phrases as an explanation while recognizing that the audience has no knowledge of the word.
	An attempt to convince an audience that the propagandist and their ideas are "of the people."
	This technique often uses "virtue" words to make an individual approve and accept without examining the evidence.