Literary Terms
When two unalike things are compared.
What is metaphor
the perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a word
Alliteration
when you give human qualities to something that is not human.
personification
The feeling created by a literary work
mood
Pattern of beats or stresses in spoken or written language
Rhythm
what the text is mainly about
What is central idea or theme?
To prove a point about your claim you need...
Evidence AND reasoning
Repetition of sounds at the end of words
rhyme
words that help you form a picture in your brain.
Words of imagery.
Personification
The classroom was as loud as a rock concert. Is an example of..
Simile
Tension or problem between opposing forces
What is conflict?
Descriptive writing that is rich in details connected to the five senses
What is imagery or sensory details?
language that invokes the 5 senses.
Sensory language
A phrase that means something other than what it says.
Idiom
what would a woodchuck do if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
This is an example of:
alliteration
A formal division of lines in a poem (like paragraphs in a poem)
What is a stanza?
The hero or main character in a story.
What is the protagonist
The name for the narrator of a poem.
Speaker
When you compare something using the words like or as.
A simile
Writing that must be interpreted through critical thinking and inference and cannot be taken literally (like metaphors and similes)
Figurative Langague
Its raining cats and dogs. Is an example of...
an idiom
a quality in an author's voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking
What is tone?
An extreme exaggeration. Ex: She took forever to tie her shoes
What is hyperbole
what are the 3 different points of view and provide a key word for each.
2nd person he, she,
3rd Person them, they,
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
Allusion
The event that is considered a turning point in a story?
The Climax
The use of words that imitate sounds (like oink or bang)
Onomatopoeia
The sky is a sea of candles. Is an example of a ...
metaphor