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literary terms

quiz Dec. 6th

TermDefinition
Simile A figure of speech using a word or phrase such as like or as to compare seeming unlike things.
Metaphor A figure of speech that compares or equates two seemingly unlike things.
Personification A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
Setting The time and place in which the event of a literary event occur.
Analogy A comparison to show similarities between two things that are otherwise dissimilar.
Onomatopoeia The use of a word or phrase that actually imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes.
Imagery The “word pictures” that writers create to evoke an emotional response.
Archetype An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned.
Oxymoron A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined.
Foreshadowing The use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen later in a story.
Irony A contrast or discrepancy between appearances and reality.
Mood The emotional quality or atmosphere of a literary work.
Point of View The relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to story.
Suspense A feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next.
Alliteration The repetition of similar sounds, most often consonant sounds, at the beginnings of words.
Assonance The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in a line of poetry.
Consonance The repetition of similar consonant sounds typically within or at the ends of words.
Anaphora The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.
Epistrophe Rhetoric repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Hyperbole A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor.
Created by: alyssasevans
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