a change in the normal word order.

a comparison between two unlike things not using “as,” “like,” “than,” or “resembles

a speech by one character in a play, story, or poem in which he/she has listeners who do not speak

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

the use of words that imitate sounds.

a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas.

a statement that seems contradictory or absurd

a speaker or character who tells a story . . . He/She may be either a character in the story or an outside observer.

an all-knowing 3rd person narrator . . . This type of narrator can reveal to readers what the characters think and feel.

a simple device that serves as a basis for an expanded narrative . . . The motif is a recurring feature in the work.

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject.

a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike

the perspective from which a story is told

a writer’s distinctive mode of expression

a comparison between two unlike thing using words such as “as,” “like,” “than,” or “resembles.”

the use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence

the physical arrangement of words in a sentence

the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject

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Lit terms 3-JC

Lit numero tres

Term	Definition
inversion	a change in the normal word order.
metaphor	a comparison between two unlike things not using “as,” “like,” “than,” or “resembles
monologue	a speech by one character in a play, story, or poem in which he/she has listeners who do not speak
mood	the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
onomatopoeia	the use of words that imitate sounds.
oxymoron	a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas.
paradox	a statement that seems contradictory or absurd
narrator	a speaker or character who tells a story . . . He/She may be either a character in the story or an outside observer.
omniscient narrator	an all-knowing 3rd person narrator . . . This type of narrator can reveal to readers what the characters think and feel.
motif	a simple device that serves as a basis for an expanded narrative . . . The motif is a recurring feature in the work.
personification	giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject.
pun	a play on words based on different meanings of words that sound alike
Point of View	the perspective from which a story is told
Style	a writer’s distinctive mode of expression
Simile	a comparison between two unlike thing using words such as “as,” “like,” “than,” or “resembles.”
repetition	the use, more than once, of any element of language – a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence
Syntax	the physical arrangement of words in a sentence
tone	the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject

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