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Literary Terms

English I Literary Terms

QuestionAnswer
Allegory Story in which characters or animals teach a moral lesson
Allusion a literary reference to a person, place, thing, or event
Anecdote a brief summary of a funny event
Antithesis a contrast of ideas
Hyperbole an exaggeration or an overstatement
Metaphor a direct comparison between two completely different objects
Personification giving human or animal characteristics to a non-human or inanimate object
Simile A comparison between two completely different objects using "like" or "as"
Flashback returning to an earlier event for the purpose of making a present event more clear
Foreshadowing giving hints and clues of what is to come later in the story
Imagery words or phrases used to help create a picture in the reader's mind
Irony using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of the word's or phrase's literal meaning.
Malapropism a play on words where two words become confused, resulting in the use of the wrong word for the context of the sentence.
Oxymoron a combination of contradictory terms like "jumbo shrimp"
Paradox a statement that seems illogical but may be true like "a good loss"
Satire a literary tone used to make fun of a human vice or weakness
Alliteration the repetition of the beginning sound of two or more words in a phrase
Onomatopoeia the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning
Analogy a comparison between two or more similar objects, suggesting that they are alike in certain respects
Stream of Consciousness writing down thoughts and feelings as soon as they occur
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