More Literary/Poetic Terms- 2018-19

a reference the author expects you to get

• allusion

• analogy

• simile

• personification

a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• imagery

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• analogy

a comparison of two unlike things using like, as, resembles, or than

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• imagery

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

paints a picture by using language that appeals to the senses

• analogy

• simile

• allusion

• imagery

when two words contradict

• analogy

• oxymoron

• imagery

• personification

a comparison of two unlike things without using the word like, as, than, or resembles

• simile

• paradox

• metaphor

• hyperbole

play on words

• pun

• paradox

• cliche

• irony

extreme exaggeration

• idiom

• irony

• verbal

• hyperbole

saying by a culture

• cliche

• idiom

• verbal

• simile