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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imagery | appeals to any of the five senses, taste, touch, sight, sound, smell. It paints a picture in our mind |
| figurative Language | uses words in a non-literal way, giving them meaning beyond their ordinary one |
| personification | gives human traits to animals, nonhuman beings, or inanimate objects: "The trees bowed before the wind." |
| simile | compares two different things, using the words "as," "like," or than: "The snowbank looked like a huge pile of marshmallow syrup." |
| metaphor | an implies comparison stating the resemblance between two things: "Her presence was a ray of light in a dark world." |
| pun/play on words | adds interest and humor,: By the time the milking was finished, the new farmhand was thoroughly cowed." |
| hyperbole | exaggeration: "He was frightened out of his wits." |
| allusion | indirect reference to something outside the literary work: other literature, history, Greek God, famous person or event |
| symbol | something (person, object, situation, or action) which is literal and an idea that stands in its place. ring=love |
| understatement | shown to be less important: "He was upset when he learned he had a broken arm." |
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