| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Denotation | the precise, literal meaning of a word |
| Connatation | associations, impressions, and feeling that go along with a word |
| Imagery | a word that creates a picture |
| Metaphor | a comparason without the words "like" or "as" |
| Smilie | a comparason using the words "like' or "as" |
| Illusion | a reference to a historical, or fictional character, place, idea, etc. |
| Personification | giving human characteristics to a nonliving thing |
| Hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| Onomonapia | a use of words that create a sound that is connected to something |
| Theme | a fundamental idea in a literary work |
| Symbol | anything that stands for something else |
| Tone | the attitude of an author towards the reader and the subject |
| Dramatic Irony | when the audience is aware of something before the character is |
| Satire | a literary tone taht makes fun of something for the purpose of change |
| Mood | the prevailing atmosphere in a literary work |
| Alliteration | the repition of the initial consenant sound |
| Paradox | something that contradicts itself but is true |
| Verbal irony | a contrast between what is said and what is done |
| Metonomy | the name of an object, person, or idea to subject at hand |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech where a part represents a whole |
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