Literary Terms and Author's Craft Practice

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Imagery

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Words and/or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, bringing a piece of text alive.

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Flashback

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When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.

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Alliteration

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A type of figurative language that repeats the same initial consonant sounds in a series of words, e.g., 'Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.'

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Theme

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The main idea, lesson, or message about life in a text.

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Foreshadowing

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Hints about what will happen in the future of a text.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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Simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'

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Personification

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Giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas.

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Hyperbole

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect.

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Allusion

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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.