Definitions
Language which seems smooth, pleasant and musical created by the use of long vowels, liquid consonants (l, r), and semi-vowels (w, y)
Euphony
Pattern of syllables, beats or pace.
Rhythm
Time is a thief.
Metaphor
country takes control over another place, usually far away and to take resources. The practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Settling among or taking control of an area that is already in use.
Colonization
The unique style of writing used to show off a character's or speaker's personality in both poetry and written literature
Voice
Something non-human is giving human characteristics.
Personification
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
The state of being mutually linked or related between all things
DAILY DOUBLE
Interconnectedness
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a deeper meaning (usually political or moral).
Allegory
A literary device that uses metaphorical language to create a picture in a persons head
Figurative Imagery
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
Alliteration
Code switching is the ways in which a member of an underrepresented or colonized group (consciously or unconsciously) adjusts their language, syntax, grammatical structure, behavior, and appearance to fit into the dominant culture.
Double Consciousness
Literary technique authors use to communicate with their reader. The author directly speaks to the reader. For example, using a self aware tone, used to provide additional context, steps out of the story to speak to the reader.
Authorial Intrusion
Grammatical technique that uses similar phrases or clauses to present multiple ideas that are all important.
Parallel Structure
The golden sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of crimson and violet.
Imagery
Forcing a minority group to adhere to the cultural, religious, and or political norms of a dominant majority population.
Assimilation
Combines contradictory words with different meanings, for example, olds news, organized chaos, deafening silence.
Oxymoron
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
Simile
To be or not to be — that is the question.
Caesura
A policy of extending a nation’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism