AMERICAN LITERATURE
SEMESTER ONE FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Melancholy
a gloomy state of mind
Astrologer
 Studies the motions and positions of the
planets, sun, and moon.
Tyranny
the government or rule of a tyrant
or absolute ruler
Impious
Not religious. Lacking
respect for God
Infidel
 a person who does not accept a
particular faith, esp. Christianity.
Dominion
 a territory, usually of considerable size, in
which a single rulership holds sway!
Righteous
 acting in an upright, moral way
Resentful
 the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some
act, remark, person
Enthusiastic
Showing a lively interest
Cautious
Taking care in a hazardous situation
Allusions
 reference in literature to a person, place, event, or
another passage of literature
Irony
 the use of words to convey a meaning that is
the opposite of its literal meaning
Persuasion
 to induce to believe by appealing to reason
or understanding; convince
Allegory
 A story that communicates its message
through the use of symbols.
Hyperbole
 obvious and intentional exaggeration
Simile
 Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Personification
 Giving inanimate objects human qualities
What literary term is this???
The baby was like an octopus, grabbing
at all the cans on the grocery store
shelves.
What literary term is this????
 The novel The Little Prince is _____________, a story that
has a literal meaning as well as a symbolic one.
What term is this????
 'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said Romeo take
me somewhere we can be alone…
What literary term is this????
 I worked my fingers to the bone yesterday!
What literary term is this???
 The wind whispered lonely sounds as it
blew through the old creaky windows.
What literary term is this???
 An ambulance runs over the person they are supposed to pick
up.
 In 1912 the Titanic was touted as "100% unsinkable", and yet
the ship sank on its maiden voyage....