Figurative Language/Literary Terms

An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point; can be ridiculous or funny

• allusion

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

A reference to an outside text, historical event, etc.

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

What are the three types of irony?

• allusion, hyperbole, verbal

• situational, difficult, comedy

• dramatic, verbal, situational

• tragedy, comedy, verbal

Using the senses to describe an experience

• symbol

• imagery

• personification

• simile

Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects

• allusion

• imagery

• simile

• personification

a broad idea in a story, or a message or lesson conveyed by a work. This message is usually about life, society, or human nature.

• allusion

• theme

• repetition

• foreshadowing

Compares two things by stating one thing is the other

• personification

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

The process of providing information about characters in a text

• characterization

• irony

• hyperbole

• symbol

A technique in which an incident, behavior, conversation, or atmosphere prepares the reader for what will happen later.

• simile

• personification

• foreshadowing

• diction