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Literary terms
for english
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true). |
| Omniscient speaker | Knowing everything (e.g. "The story is told by an omniscient narrator") |
| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle, knock knock). |
| Parody | An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. (e.g. "The movie is a parody of the horror genre") |
| Personification | The attribution of a personal nature or human nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. (e.g. The thunder grumbled like an old man). |
| Alliteration | Repetition of the same sound (e.g. work will win when wishy washy wishing wont). |
| Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. |
| Climax | Greatest intensity ("The Climax of her speech") |
| Characterization | Description of Character traits |
| Elegy | A poem of the serious reflection. (A sad poem) (e.g. A elegy for his father) |
| Genre | Category (Type of thing; she likes that genre of book). |
| Foreshadowing | A glimpse of what's to come in the future; (e.g. I foreshadowed his death) |
| Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. (e.g. I could sleep for a year!) |
| Imagery | A set of mental pictures or images. |
| Irony | the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. (e.g. Don't go overboard with the gratitude,” he rejoined with heavy irony" synonym for sarcasm) |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. (e.g. "“I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,”) |
| Point of view | The perspective from which the story is total (e.g. "I'm trying to get Matthew to change his point of view") |
| Protagonist | the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
| Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. (e.g. "her comments are worthy of repetition") |
| Satire | A literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices. |
| Simile | a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ). |
| Symbol | Using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning. |
| Theme | The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. |
| Paradox | A statement contrary to received opinion. |
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