Literary Terms #21-30
Term / Definition / Example“She loved him and hated him at the same time” or “less is more”
- Oxymoron
I like Vanilla ice cream, and I have to choose the ice cream for a party, I have a choice between strawberry, chocolate and vanilla. I'm biased towards vanilla but the most popular ice cream with my friends is chocolate.
If you mess with syntax, you can change the meaning:The young man carries the lady.
The lady carries the young man.
main idea, topic or subject in literature
"Here's much to do with hate, but more with love," – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Set at the beginning of the play, this sentence indicates that the story will be a love story but it will be one with a somber or sad note, rather than a happy ending.
character who opposes or competes with the protagonist
- protagonist
Nala (afraid of the Shawdowlands, wants to obey parents) and Simba (brave, defiant of parents)
Literary Terms #21-30
Term / Definition / Example“She loved him and hated him at the same time” or “less is more”
- Oxymoron
I like Vanilla ice cream, and I have to choose the ice cream for a party, I have a choice between strawberry, chocolate and vanilla. I'm biased towards vanilla but the most popular ice cream with my friends is chocolate.
If you mess with syntax, you can change the meaning:The young man carries the lady.
The lady carries the young man.
main idea, topic or subject in literature
"Here's much to do with hate, but more with love," – Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Set at the beginning of the play, this sentence indicates that the story will be a love story but it will be one with a somber or sad note, rather than a happy ending.
character who opposes or competes with the protagonist
- protagonist
Nala (afraid of the Shawdowlands, wants to obey parents) and Simba (brave, defiant of parents)
Literary Terms #21-30 Practice
Literary Terms #21-30 Practice