Literary terminology

CONSONANCE 

• The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
  
• The repetition of consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds.
  
• The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM 

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
  
• Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
  
• A pair of words consisting of two  seemingly contradictory terms.
• Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
  

THEME 

• The overall emotional feeling of a work.
  
• Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
  
• A pair of words consisting of two  seemingly contradictory terms.
• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
  

ALLITERATION 

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.
  
• The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
  
• The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

REPETITION 

• The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
• The repeating of a sound, word, phrase, or more in a given literary work.
  
• A pair of words consisting of two  seemingly contradictory terms.

INTERNAL RHYME 

• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
  
• The overall emotional feeling of a work.
  
• The repetition of identical sounds within a line of poetry.
• A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.
  

END RHYME 

• The overall emotional feeling of a work.
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.
  
• A pair of words consisting of two  seemingly contradictory terms.
• The repetition of  identical sounds at the ends of lines of poetry.
  

Oxymoron 

• A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
  
• Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
  
• A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.
  
• A pair of words consisting of two  seemingly contradictory terms.

Onomatopeia 

• A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
  
• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
  
• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

Imagery 

• A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.
  
• Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.
  
• The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
  
• A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.