Glossary: Literary Terms to Know
These are terms that you are expected to know through all of your English courses at CHS. You will be tested on your ability to recall definitions of these terms, explain instances in the readings where the author used literary devices, and write passages from your own experiences using these devices.
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OnomatopoeiaWhen authors use words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning, such as pow, bang, crunch, they are using the literary device onomatopoeia. | |