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Helen
literay terms project
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imagery | words used to evoke pictures in the minds of the readers |
| Symbolism | a symbol is a physical object that represents an abstration |
| Irony | words used that often mean something different or the opposite of what they mean |
| Foreshadowing | is when the author alludes to upcoming events without directly stating that they will happen |
| Sensory language | descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the the five senses |
| Assonance | repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning of words |
| Alliteration | repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
| Meter | combinations of accented and unaccented syllables which often form a pattern |
| Refrain | pattern of words or phrases that repeats throughout a literary work |
| Onomatopoeia | words that represent sounds |
| Personification | this is where animals or inanimate objects are given human qualitie |
| Idiom | type of phrase where the meanings cannot be inferred by the literal meaning of the words |
| Metaphor | compares two things where one is the other |
| Simile | compares two things using like or as |
| Hyperbole | a type of exaggeration in writing |
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rivehm13
Popular English Verbs sets