English Terms Quiz 2
Harrison
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Directly addressing a person, thing, animal, or idea that cannot speak back.
Apostrophe
A reference to history, mythology, or literature meant to add meaning to the text
Allusion
Writing different ideas in the same grammatical structure.
Parallelism
Assigning human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas.
Personification
Something that seems like a contradiction.
Paradox
An exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
The main idea, message, or lesson of a text.
Theme
An author's specific reason for writing.
Purpose
The people that an author intends to experience his or her work.
Audience
A pair of rhymed lines.
Couplet
Similar sounding words, especially at the ends of lines of poetry.
Rhyme
An implied comparison of unlike things in which one thing is d scribed in terms of another.
Metaphor
An expressed comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Language that appeals to the physical senses.
Imagery
When the outcome is the opposite of expectation, or the reality is the opposite of appearance.
Irony
