Transcript Literary Terms Project - Vista Unified School District

Literary Terms
Project
By: Riley Herington
Period 3
SE
Definition: original
written or spoken
language (both fiction
and nonfiction)
without rhythmic
structure, such as a
poem.
Examples:
1. Harry Potter
2. Dr. Seuss
3. Little House on the
Prairie
(Google Images) 
REPETITION
1. Definition: the repeating of a word, sound,
phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern
2. Examples:
1. “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall”
2. “We listened to the gun fire beyond the walls.
We listened to the walls being hit by
shrapnel, ricochets, and blind fire, at least it's
what I thought it could of been. We listened
to the creaking the windows made when they
opened and shut due to the wind from the
outside. We listened to the cries of our men,
and the prayers they made to their gods. We
listened, but said nothing.”
3. I heard clearly, creaky footsteps getting LOUDER
AND LOUDER AND LOUDER...
(What is an example of repetition?) ^
(Google Images)
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Definition:
The study of
persuasive or
effective
speaking and
writing.
(Google Images)

Examples:
1. A teachers lecture
2. A President’s speech
3. News Editorials
4. A Sales Pitch
INATE
CLAUSE
Definition: begins with a
relative noun and will contain
both a subject and a verb, not
forming a complete sentence.
Examples:
1. “After Amy sneezed all
over the tuna salad.”
2. “Who ate handfuls of
cheerios with his bare hands.”
3. “Once Adam smashed the
spider.”
(The Subordinate Clause)
(Pronoun Exercises)
Works Cited
"Google Images." Google. Web. 30 Sept. 2011. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=rhetoric.
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"The Subordinate Clause." Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Web. 29 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm>.
"What Is an Example of Repetition." The Q&A Wiki. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.
<http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_an_example_of_repetition>.