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Literary Terms #3

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TermDefinition
Onomatopoeia the use of words that imitate sounds. Ex.: “hiss,” “buzz,” “whirr,” “sizzle,” “coo,” “cuckoo”
Oxymoron a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas. Ex.: peace force, tough love, jumbo shrimp
Paradox a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but that expresses the truth. Ex.: “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” -2 Corinthians and “The coach considered this a good loss.”
Parallelism the repetition of grammatical structure. It consists of phrases or sentences of similar construction and meaning placed side by side, balancing each other.
Personification giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject. Ex.: “The rock stubbornly refused to move.”
Point of View the perspective from which a story is told
Pun a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike. Ex.: “Son, stay out of the sun.”
Repetition the use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence
Rhetorical Shift a change from one tone, attitude, etc . . . Look for key words like but, however, even though, although, yet, etc.
Simile a comparison between two unlike thing using words such as “as,” “like,” “than,” or “resembles.” Ex.: “She stood in front of the altar, shaking like a freshly caught trout.” –Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Situational Irony an event occurs that directly contrasts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience. Ex: The fire house burns down.
Style a writer’s distinctive mode of expression
Suspense a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
Symbol anything that stands for or represents something else . . . An object that serves as a symbol has its own meaning, but it also represents abstract ideas.
Syntax the physical arrangement of words in a sentence
Theme a central message or insight into life revealed throughout the literary work . . . a generalization about human beings or about life that the lit. work communicates (It must be expressed in sentence form.)
Third Peron Narrator the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character
Tone the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject
Tongue-in-Check characterized by insincerity, irony, whimsy. If you say something tongue-in-cheek, what you have said is humorous, perhaps sarcastic, although at face value it appears to be serious.
Understatement (see litotes) saying less than is actually meant, generally in an ironic way. Ex.: When someone says “pretty fair” but means “splendid”
Verbal Irony the type of irony in which words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
Created by: Katlancaster
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