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Page 1: Terms Relating to Language and Literature. Introduction This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk

Terms Relating to Language and Literature

Page 2: Terms Relating to Language and Literature. Introduction This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk

Introduction

This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk about language and literature. When we say literary terms, we mean ideas that are useful when discussing or analyzing a piece of literature. Yet literary terms are also applicable when we wish to describe situations that come up in everyday life.

We encounter irony not only in an English class but also when the math teacher make more computational errors than all her students combined!

Page 3: Terms Relating to Language and Literature. Introduction This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk

Vocabulary List

1. Anecdote2. Anthropomorphism3. Aphorism4. Archetype5. Construe6. Deduce7. Epigram8. Etymology9. Infer10. Irony

11. Onomatopoeia12. Personification13. Perspective14. Prose15. Protagonist16. Pun17. Rhetoric18. Satire19. Soliloquy20. Trite

Page 4: Terms Relating to Language and Literature. Introduction This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk

Words in Context

The following exercise will help you figure out the meaning of some words from the vocabulary list by reading context clues. After you have read and understood the paragraph, explain the context clues that helped you with the meaning of the vocabulary word.

Words in ContextTip: Some people learn best by doing. Try

writing a short poem or story using some of the concepts in this list. Seeing them in action will help you memorize the words.

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Page 5: Terms Relating to Language and Literature. Introduction This list will introduce you to a number of widely used literary terms, or words used to talk

Vocabulary Crossword

Choose the word from the vocabulary list that best fits into the crossword puzzle. You can check your answers with a neighbor.

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