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Literary Analysis
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| speaker | The "voice" that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction. The speaker is not necessarily the poet. |
| theme | the underlying message about life or human nature that the writer wants the reader to understand |
| symbol | a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| mood | the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through the use of imagery and descriptive words |
| rhythm | a pattern of long or short syllables in a line, often called a meter |
| rhyme scheme | aabc |
| characterization | the way a writer reveals the character |
| direct characterization | stating directly what a character is like |
| indirect characterization | not directly telling you about a character |
| S.T.E.A.L. | acronym to describe indirect characterization |
| indirect characterization STEAL | Speech, Thoughts, Effects on others, Actions, Looks |
| dynamic or round character | a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude: Ebeneezer Scrooge is a dynamic character. |
| static or flat character | character a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop |
| tone | th |
| figurative language | literal meaning of words |
| simile | comparing two "unlike things" using like or as ex: The dog is as smelly as my brother dirty socks. |
| metaphor | comparing two "unlike things" without using like or as but uses the words is, of, am and are ex: Life is a long roller coaster |
| onomatopoeia | imitates the sound it represents ex: buzz, boom, crackle, pop, sizzle |
| hyperbole | exaggeration ex: My Math homework took me 8 million years |
| personification | giving human qualities to something nonhuman ex:The snowflakes danced in the wind. |
| alliteration | repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of words ex: peter, piper, picked, a pepper |
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