Literary Terms: Unit 6

the form of language spoken in a particular region or by a particular group of people

• mood
• tone
• imagery
• dialect

words used in such a way to form pictures in the readers' minds

• imagery
• theme
• legends
• mythology

a long narrative poem about larger-than-life heroes who engage in dangerous journeys, or quests, that are important to history or a culture

• drama
• sonnet
• epic
• fable

a story that is based on fact that becomes less true with each retelling

• mythology
• personification
• autobiography
• legend

a type of folk tale that uses deliberate exaggeration for comic effect; include a hero who performs impossible feats

• poetry
• onomatopoeia
• tall tales
• idioms

brief stories that often feature animals that act like humans; usually end with a moral that is directly stated

• myths
• science fiction
• fables
• dystopian 

tales that explain the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them

• myths
• legends
• folktales
• novellas

expressions--such as "It's raining cats and dogs!--that develop in an area & cannot be understood literally

• idiom
• metaphor
• legend
• tall tale

human characteristics or personality given to nonhuman subjects, such as animals or natural elements

• tall tales
• personification
• protagonist
• antagonist

expressing something in a way that is deliberately less dramatic than it should be, for comic effect

• epics
• understatement
• themes
• idiom