Literary+Terms

= = **Name Izabella Conforti Period D** = =

= = Mr. Yim’s List of Literary Devices to Know and Use = =

=**Literary Terms**= __**Methods of Comparison**__ Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using like, as (or than) Metaphor – a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as Personification – similar to anthropomorphize, giving non-human objects, human like qualities Hyperbole – exaggeration for effect. Understatement – to reduce the effect of a statement – less than expected. Irony – the opposite of what is expected. Symbolism – a concrete object that represents/stands in for something abstract/bigger.

Oxymoron – putting two opposite ideas together in a single phrase Paradox – an impossible event that puts two contradictory ideas together.

__**Methods of Description and Plot**__ Characterization – the persons (and their traits) in a story, play, poem, myth Setting – the time and location of a story, play, poem, myth Dialogue – when the characters speak to one another <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Imagery – words that evoke a picture in your mind, involving the senses <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Mood/atmosphere/tone – the emotional/mental state in which the story, play, poem, myth puts you in <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Foreshadowing – a method by which the author plants information about a future event – through prophecy, or fate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Flashback - a method by which the author plants information about a past event

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__**The Way the Words Sound**__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Onomatopoeia – the way the word sounds is the same as its spelling. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rhythm – the flow, musicality and ups and downs of the language. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Rhyme – when final syllables are the same <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Alliteration – when starting syllables are the same <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Consonance – the repetition of consonant sounds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Assonance – the repetition of vowel sounds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Repetition – the same words/syllables over and over again <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Serial List – a sequence of ideas linked together <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Anaphora – the repetition of same sounds that are linked together in a sequence.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">New Words 10/19/11 (Oedipus) **__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Dramatic irony – when an audience member, reader, viewer knows something that the character does not know. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Tragedy – a story that ends in death, usually, multiple deaths. Also marked by bad luck, bad fortune, ill-fated. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hamartia – a hero’s downfall <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hubris – overestimation of one’s abilities, pride, arrogance <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Peripeteia – a reversal of fortune, usually from good to bad <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Anagnorisis – gaining of new knowledge, a discovery.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**New Words 9/31/11** __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Theme - broad idea, message, or moral of a story <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Message- in its most general meaning is an object of communication <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Lesson - a period of instruction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Moral - a message conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event

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