| Terms |
Definitions |
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. An example is: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun. |
| Personification | A type of figurative language in which nonhuman subject is given humancharacteristics. An example, sorrow walked through my door and sat down next to me. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared without the use of "like or as" |
| Onomatopeia | The use of words that imitate sounds: Examples: Crash, bang, clang |
| Simile | A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with the use of "like" or "as" |
| Symbol | Anything that stands for or represents something else. |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or work of art. |
| Hyperbole | The use of "exxageration" in a work of literature. |
| Oxymoron | Two words that create a contradictory term such as "Sweet Sorrow" |
| Tone | A writers attitude towards his or her subject. |
