Literary TERMS!

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SimileSimile

A simile is a A simile is a comparison of two comparison of two things. Using like or asthings. Using like or as

Example: Life is Example: Life is like a box of like a box of chocolates you chocolates you never know what never know what your going to get.your going to get.

Example: That kid Example: That kid was so mad he was so mad he was like a roaring was like a roaring lionlion

Example: Her face Example: Her face stood steady like stood steady like the monolisa the monolisa

MetaphorMetaphor

A metaphor is a A metaphor is a comparison between comparison between two unlike thingstwo unlike things

Example: The sun Example: The sun was the ball firewas the ball fire

Example: Life is Example: Life is like an empty like an empty dreamdream

Example: It was Example: It was pay day and it pay day and it rained moneyrained money

AlliterationAlliteration The repetition of the same The repetition of the same

sound in lines of poetry or sound in lines of poetry or proseprose

Ex: Droning Ex: Droning a drowsy a drowsy syncopated syncopated tunetune

EX: I like to EX: I like to see it lap the see it lap the milesmiles

AnalogyAnalogy

An explanation or An explanation or description of description of something something unfamiliar or unfamiliar or difficult to difficult to explain by explain by comparison comparison

EX: Life is like a EX: Life is like a box of chocolates box of chocolates ; you never know ; you never know what your going what your going to getto get

EX: Life is too EX: Life is too short to go out short to go out and make and make mistakesmistakes

Euphemism Euphemism

Using mild Using mild words to words to describe describe something something instead of instead of using possibly using possibly offensive or offensive or sexist terms sexist terms

EX: Passed away for diedEX: Passed away for diedEX: Perspire for sweatEX: Perspire for sweatEX: Rest room for bathroomEX: Rest room for bathroom

Hyperbole

Exaggeration to create an effect

EX: I was so surprised, you could have knocked me over with a feather EX; I would rather die than eat Brussels sprouts

ImageryImagery

The use of the The use of the words or phrases words or phrases that evoke the that evoke the sensations of sensations of sight sight

EX: I imagined a big EX: I imagined a big elephant to come and save elephant to come and save the daythe day

EX: I imagined the big EX: I imagined the big water hose saving that firewater hose saving that fire

Irony

• A contrast or incongruity between what is stated and what is meant

• EX: The fire fighters house is on fire

• EX: The life guard drowned

Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia

Words whose Words whose sound suggest sound suggest their meanings their meanings

EX: splash buzz EX: splash buzz boomboom

OxymoronOxymoron Two or three words that Two or three words that

combine opposite or combine opposite or contradictory ideas contradictory ideas such as wise fool sweet such as wise fool sweet sorrow or jumbo shrimpsorrow or jumbo shrimp

Paradox

Holding contradictory ideas together in order to point to a deeper truth

EX:

Personification

Giving human quantities to something not human

EX: As she sang softly at the evil face of the face of the moon

EX: The oak trees whispered softly in the night breez

Antagonist

The antagonist is the bad character in the story for example like THE JOKER off Bat Man or the green goblin off spider man

Protagonist

Protagonist is the good guy of the story

Like Spiderman or like Batman

Foreshadowing

This is like a prediction, your trying to see what s going to happen next

EX: Final destination is a great movie that shows this alot

Flashback!Flashback!

This is when it takes you back to This is when it takes you back to serious eventsserious events

EX: The movie butterfly affect is EX: The movie butterfly affect is a great example where the is a great example where the is flash backsflash backs