Vocab (word first)
Alliteration
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
someone who tells a story
narrator
personification
attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
the act of doing or performing again
repetition
Metaphor
a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
the principal character in a work of fiction
protagonist
simile
a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
theme
correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
stanza
oxymoron
conjoined contradictory terms
something visible that represents something invisible
symbol
hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration
an interval during which a recurring sequence occurs
rhythm
syllable
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
a characteristic state of feeling
mood
foreshadowing
the act of providing vague advance indications
onomatopoeia
using words that imitate the sound they denote
pun
a humorous play on words
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
alliteration