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TOG Y3U1-D Lit Terms
TOG Dialectic literary terms -- Year 3, Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| slant rhyme | An imperfect type of rhyme that does not seem to rhyme properly. |
| setting | The physical, temporal or cultural locations that function as backgrounds against which a character or characters live their lives. |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech in which the writer declares a likeness between persons, things, places, or ideas, without using "like" or "as" to make the comparison explicit. |
| hyperbole | A figure of speech in which a writer uses conscious exaggeration for the sake of effect, usually emotional effect. |
| simile | A figure of speech in which the writer compares persons, things, places or ideas, using "like" or "as" to make the comparison explicit. |
| personification | A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to something nonhuman, such as animals, objects or abstract qualities |
| foreshadowing | Anything in the text that gives a hint of what is to come later on, particularly in regard to how the plot will turn |
| rhyme scheme | A pattern of repeated rhymes at the end of lines in a poem. |
| meter | A measurable pattern of sounds in a line or lines of verse. |
| scansion | The process of marking the light and heavy stresses and determining a poem's meter or metrical pattern. |
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