Unit 1 Literary Terms Review

The projection of human qualities onto inanimate objects, animals, or natural elements

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words close together.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

The comparison of two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

An explicit or implicit reference to someone or something famous or infamous.

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

A comparison in which one thing is said to be the other.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

The deeper meaning of a written work; A lesson reflective of the human condition.

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

• Irony

Descriptive language that is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight.

• Imagery

• Theme

• Tone

• Mood

An extravagant exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Mood

The atmosphere, or feeling, of the narrative as experienced by the reader.

• Tone

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Mood

The author’s attitude toward his/her subject.

• Tone

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Mood