Literary Terms

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman or representing an abstract quality in human form

Language used to create pictures in the mind of the reader.

It includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their senses.

A figure of speech making a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing . These things may share some similarities.

Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.

The feeling created by the poet for the reader.

The feeling created by the poet or author toward the subject of the poem

A combination of the emotions or feelings the poet or author conveys to the reader through the description of characters, objects and settings.

A figure of speech making a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing . These things may share some similarities.

Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.

An implied direct or indirect reference to a person, event, thing, a part of the text, or another literary work.