Fall Semester OP8 Literary Terms

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Consonance

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The repetition of final consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence.

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Climax

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The point of highest intensity in a story, where the main conflict reaches its peak.

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Symbol

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A word or group of words that has meaning in itself but also represents something beyond itself.

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Idiom

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A phrase that conveys a figurative meaning different from the literal words used.

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of end rhymes used in a poem, denoted by assigning each new sound a lower case letter of the alphabet.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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Personification

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Theme

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The central idea or underlying message in a literary work.