Literary Terms Ohio

A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

"He's as strong as an ox" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Identify the simile

• I like apples.
• Apples taste sweet.
• You're the apple of my eye.
• This apple is as sweet as candy.

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted is the definition of

• Theme

• Sensory Details

• Imagery

• Sound Devices

What is alliteration?

• A word in which the sound reflects is meaning.

• Repeating words or phrases to give emphasis to the message.

• It is a literary device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

• Is the repetition of a vowel sound.

A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

What is an irony?

• It is a literary technique in which the characters become animals.

• It is a literary technique in which the characters become real.

• It is a literary technique in which the author describes the characters of the story.

• It is a literary technique in which what is written or stated is different from or the opposite of what is expected.

"A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance." is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Hyperbole