Different Things
All the world’s a stage
metaphor
“Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears: Click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo.”
Onomatopoeia
In everyday use, ___ are fairly common. We say things like, “It’s raining cats and dogs” to say that it’s downpouring.
idioms
___ is the sequence of interconnected events within the story of a play, novel, film, epic, or other narrative literary work.
plot
“In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribblings, candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff crystals, salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice cream cones and wooden sticks of lollipops.” — Charlotte's Web
Imagery
“Wishes are thorns, he told himself sharply. They do us no good, just stick into our skin and hurt us.”
Metaphor
“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?” — The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Rhetorical question
___ is a literary device in which a writer uses one thing-usually a physical object or phenomenon—to represent something more abstract.
Symbolism
They were towed by grinning dolphins or else crewed by fifty black-haired nereids, faces silver as moonlight.”
Simile
When you read an Agatha Christie novel, what do you feel? Happy? Excited? Joyous? Probably not. You’re more likely to be nervous, anxious, and tense because of her stories — and that’s in part due to the suspensefulness she successfully creates through her language.
Mood
The ___ of the word “miserly” is quite negative, and evokes the image of a Grinch hoarding money, while “frugal” suggests someone who’s merely thoughtful about saving money
Connotation
A ___ is a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.
Example:
“Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt.”
Definition - a play on words
pun
“Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement.”
Alliteration
In literature, an ___ is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text. Writers commonly refer to other literary works, famous individuals, historical events, or philosophical ideas.
Allusion
The __ of a piece of writing is its general character or attitude, which might be cheerful or depressive, sarcastic or sincere, comical or mournful, praising or critical, and so on.
____ is the representation of the traits, motives, and psychology of a character in a narrative.
Characterization
It wasn't safe to come out of the shelter until noon the next day. When the Americans and their guards did come out, the sky was black with smoke. The sun was an angry little pinhead.
personification
"The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans."
personification
When there's a hurricane raging outside and someone remarks "what lovely weather we're having,"
verbal irony