Literary terminology

What is an ALLUSION?

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

• A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

• A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.

• The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

What is HYPERBOLE?

• The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

• A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

• A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.

What is a SIMILE?

• A comparison between two different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.

• A slant rhyme or half rhyme occurs when the vowel sounds are not quite identical.

• The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

• A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

Mood
 

• Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.
  
• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).
  
• The overall emotional feeling of a work.
  
• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

What is a METAPHOR?

• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).

• A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.

• A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.

• A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.

What is PERSONIFICATION?

• A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

• Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.

• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).

• is Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.

What do we mean when we talk about a NARRATIVE VOICE?

• Something in a story which represents something else.

• The main character in a story or poem.

• The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

• The speaker in a text that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This does not have to be the poet or writer, but could be a persona.

What is a STANZA?

• The pattern that the end rhymes form in a poem or stanza.

• A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

• A group of lines forming a unit in a poem (as a paragraph in a story would).

• The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

What is an 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 opposite terms.

Characterization is defined as

• An important decision a character makes

• The arrangement of event in the story

• The order people show up in the story

• The words, thoughts, and actions of the characters

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