Milo Literary Terms Quiz 5

	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