Literary Terms Review FINAL

Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Simile

Art of effective communication, especially in persuasive discourse.

• Rhetoric

• allusion

• style

• Mood

A "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word or words that sound alike but mean different things.

• metonmy

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• pun

A statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.

• paradox

• irony

• onomatopoeia

• simile

A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style.

• satire

• farce

• parady

• fable

Comparison between to unlike things using words such as like, as, than, or resembles.

• parallel structure

• rhetorical question

• simile

• juxtaposition

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between to unlike things WITHOUT the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles.

• simile

• metaphor

• paradox

• juxtaposition

The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks and dresses, by letting the reader hear what the character says, by revealing the character's private thoughts and feelings, by revealing the characters effect on other people (showing how other characters feel or behave toward the character), or by showing the character in action. Common in modern literature.

• irony

• dramatic irony

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

In general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faces by the main character or characters.

• tragedy

• farce

• comedy

• satire

A speaker of writer's choice of words.

• diction

• tone

• mood

• dialogue