Foldable Terms

saying one thing and meaning another

• style

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

reference to historic or literary person, place, event

• simile

• allusion

• metaphor

• alliteration

figurative language with descriptions to produce mental images

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• imagery

writer's attitude toward his/her writing

• tone

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• mood

feeling about a scene or subject created by a writer's selection of words and details

• mood

• tone

• imagery

• allusion

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• imagery

• style

• hyperbole

• metaphor

repetition of beginning sounds of words in poetry or prose

• irony

• style

• simile

• alliteration

figure of speech comparing two unlike things

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor

• mood

figure of speech that uses the words like or as to compare two things

• style

• metaphor

• mood

• simile

distinctive feature of a literary work that characterizes the work of a specific individual

• style

• irony

• allusion

• imagery