Figurative Language
repeating the same beginning sound
What is alliteration
two opposites in a sentence
what is paradox or antithesis
the main idea of a story
what is theme
when an author gives hints or clues about something to come later
what is foreshadowing
when a story jumps back in time
what is flashback
sound words
What is onomatopoeia
when an entire story stands for something
what is allegory
when something in a story stands for something else
what is symbol
when an unseen figure is addresses
what is apostrophe
an extreme exaggeration
what is hyperbole
What is assonance
the way people talk because of where they're from
what is dialect
how the setting contributes to the mood of a story
what is atmosphere
when an aspect of society is made fun of
what is parody
when another literary text is referenced
what is allusion
appealing to the five senses
what is imagery
how an author feels about his subject
tone
giving human qualities to an animal or object
what is personification
when a sentence has similar grammatical structure throughout
what is parallelism
a type or category of story
what is genre
repetition of consonant sounds within words
what is consonance
words only used in specific areas
what is colloquialism
when a story jumps forward in time
what is flashforward
when an idea or object is repeated throughout a story
what is motif
when a story is told out of order
what is circumlocution