a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. Example: Don't delay dawns disarming display
What is alliteration ?
100
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid the use of such a method of comparison.
What is Simile?
100
the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development
What is Tone?
200
a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.
Example: It was as amazing as parting the Red Sea
What is allusion?
200
Comparing something not using like or as
What is Metaphor?
200
the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader
What is Imagery?
300
used to describe something by comparing it with something else
Example: All the world's a stage
What is Figurative Language?
300
words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
expressing a resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims or dreams
What is Conflict?
400
When an author gives objects, concepts or animals human characteristics, emotions or abilities.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following, or events that have happened before the events that are currently unfolding in the story
What is Flashback?
400
contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone
What is Symbolism?
500
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, esp. when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
What is Rhyming?
500
definitive stance the author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective towards the subject of the literary work
What is Mood?
500
the manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story