EOC Vocabulary Review

A nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

• Simile

• Characterization

• Personification

• Irony

The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another, usually at the beginning of the words.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Dissonance

• Anophora

A person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and something beyond itself.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Static

• Claim

The universal message of a work of literature.

• Main Idea

• Central Idea

• Moral

• Theme

Language that appeals to the five senses and involves description and detail.

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Mood

• Tone

Words or phrases that are not meant to be understood on a literal level.

• Connotation

• Idiom

• Inference

• Figurative Language

The dictionary definition of a word.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Literal

• Repetition

The writer or speaker’s specific choice of words.

• Mood

• Connotation

• Diction

• Tone

Makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Similar

• Analogy

The intentional re-use of a word, phrase, line, or idea in order to create a particular effect.

• Repetition

• Refrain

• Claim

• Dynamic