Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms/Examples
Examples
Examples
100
giving human charactersitics to inanimate objects
What is personification?
100
comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
100
pencil-a writing utensil
What is denotation?
100
She is as beautiful as a rose
What is a simile?
100
Thou are the sun
What is a metaphor?
200
is the literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning
What is denotation?
200
is the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character
What is tone?
200
Tim slipped and fell and shouted "oh great!"
What is verbal irony?
200
homeless- drug abusers, dirty, theives
What is connotation?
200
He's as big as a house
What is hyperbole?
300
comparison of unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
300
the reader/audience knows more than the characters
What is dramatic irony?
300
suspenful, happy, insiprational
What is mood?
300
Loneliness, American Dream, Abandonement
What is themes?
300
repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a sentence Sally Sold Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
What is alliteration?
400
An occasion in which the outcome is significantly different from what was expected or considered appropriate
What is situational irony?
400
feelings and emotions surrounding a word
What is connotation?
400
emotional attitude the author takes towards his/her subject
What is mood?
400
smiling moon
What is personification?
400
be a woman who is apprehensive about attending a wedding due to being single, she however goes and there meets her future husband
What is dramatic irony?
500
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
a writer makes a statement in which the actual meaning differs from the meaning that the words appear to express
What is verbal irony?
500
the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express
What is theme?
500
Negative view of women in Of Mice and Men
What is tone?
500
be a woman who is apprehensive about attending a wedding due to being single, she however goes and there meets her future husband
What is situational irony?
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