Lit Terms 3

compares two things where one is the other

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

compares two things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

this is where animals or inanimate objects are given human qualities

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

type of phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of the words

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

when an author intentionally makes a reference to another work, such as another piece of literature, a piece of artwork, or a time, place or person

• allusion

• imagery

• hyperbole

• dialogue

words used to evoke pictures in the minds of the readers

• allusion

• imagery

• hyperbole

• dialogue

an exaggeration

• allusion

• imagery

• hyperbole

• dialogue

the words that characters speak

• allusion

• imagery

• hyperbole

• dialogue

a symbol is a physical object that represents an abstraction

• symbolism

• irony

• flashback

• foreshadowing

words used that often mean something different or the opposite of what they mean

• symbolism

• irony

• flashback

• foreshadowing