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Literary Terms

TermDefinitionExample
alliteration the practice of beginning several consecutive words with the same sound the twisting trout twinkled below
consonance the repetition of consonant sounds wthin a series of words to produce a harmounios effect she ate seven sandwiches on a sunny sunday last year
assonance the repition of accented vowel sounds in a series of words try to light the fire
simile a comparison of unlike things using like or as the warrior fought like a lion
metaphor a comparison of unlike things using is time is money
personification giving human traits to non-human things the wind whispered through dry grass
idiom a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual a chip on your shoulder
hyperbole a deliberate extravagant and often outrageous exaggeration the shot heard round the world
allusion a reference to a mythological, literary or historical noun make me your aphrodite
verbal irony when a speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite it easy to stop smoking. ive done it many times
situational irony when a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect-through the twist is oddly appropriate a deep sea diver drowning in bathtub
dramatic irony when a character says/does something that has different meanings from what he/she thinks it means, thought the audience understands the true meaning in a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house
onomatopoeia words that sound like their meaning boom hiss cluck
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