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WSS Literary Terms Questions and Answers 2024
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WSS Literary Termsallusion - answer reference in one work to another work of art, music, or literature; the
connection is intended to enhance our understanding of character situation or theme
Ambiguity - answer uncertainty resulting when a statement contains two or more
meanings or a situation involved two or more interpretations
Analogy - answer device used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to
something more familiar
Anecdote - answer very short tale, used as an illustration, told by a character in a
literary work
Antagonist - answer person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work
antithesis - answer contrasting words, sentences or ideas that balance each other so as
to highlight their opposition
atmosphere - answer mood of a work often established by setting/landscape, lending
emotional aura and influencing reader's expectation/attitudes
catastrophe - answerscene in a tragedy which includes the death or moral destruction of
the protagonist
climax - answermoment when the conflict reaches it's peak of intensity; the rising action
leads to this point
conflict - answeroccurs when the protagonist is opposed by some person or force
connotation - answerassociative or implied meaning of a word
declarative sentence - answermakes a statement or declaration
denotation - answerliteral meaning of a word
diction - answerauthor's choice of words
epiphany - answerquick flash of recognition; moment when a character perceives the
essential nature of something
exclamatory sentence - answersentence expressing strong feeling; usually punctuated
with a !
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