Literary Terms
Poetry Devices
Point of View
SOAPSTones/PDIDLS
Literary Terms 2
100
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile.
100
The repetition of the initial sounds of words in close proximity.
What is alliteration
100
The vantage point from which the story is told.
What is point of view
100
The persona behind the writing.
What is the speaker
100
A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor
200
Language that expresses one thing in terms of something else; any language that is not literal.
What is figurative language
200
When words at the end of lines rhyme.
What is end rhyme
200
An "I" tells the story. The storyteller is in the story.
What is first person POV
200
Writing that appeals to the senses and helps put the reader in the text.
What is imagery
200
The central message or ideas that emerge from a work of literature.
What is theme
300
To give human qualities to nonhuman entities.
What is personification
300
The repetition of vowel sounds of words in close proximity.
What is assonance
300
Use of the pronouns you, your, and yours to address a reader or listener directly.
What is second person POV
300
The author’s attitude toward her or his subject and/or audience.
What is tone
300
When something retains its own meaning but comes to stand for something larger than itself.
What is symbolism.
400
An exaggeration for effect.
What is a hyperbole
400
The repetition of consonant sounds of words in close proximity.
What is consonance
400
The storyteller stands outside the story but sees into the mind of more than one character.
What is third person omniscient
400
Sentence Structure; the way the words come at you.
What is syntax
400
A reference in a work of literature to something outside a work of literature.
What is an allusion
500
A contrast or discrepancy between what appears or should be real and what actually is real.
What is irony
500
When a line's meaning cannot be understood until reading the next line.
What is enjambment
500
The story teller stands outside the story but sees into the mind of one character only.
What is third person limited
500
The topic or major issue addressed in the text.
What is subject
500
A seemingly contradicting statement that is nonetheless true.
What is paradox
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