| Term | Definition |
|---|
| allegory | a visible symbol representing an abstract idea |
| alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds |
| allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| anachronism | 
a person who seems to be displaced in time |
| analogy | comparing something to something else |
| anecdote | a short narrative, story or tale |
| antagonist | opposes the protagonist |
| anthropomorphism | human characteristics to animals or nonhuman things |
| diction | choice of words |
| elegy | pays tribute to a deceased person |
| fable | story that has a moral |
| figurative language | metaphors and similies |
| hyperbole | a deliberate exaggeration |
| irony | an expression of meaning that is opposite of the literal meaning |
| metaphor | DOES NOT USE LIKE OR AS |
| meter | the rhythm of a poem |
| narrative | a literary representation of an event or a story |
| onomatopoeia | a word intended to simulate the actual sound |
| oxymoron | a phrase in which the words used are contradictory |
| paean | an expression of joyful praise |
| parable | story with a morla |
| paradox | appears to be contradictory but contains some basic truths |
| parallelism | the repetition of sounds, meanings, or structures |
| parody | the style of an author is imitated for comic effect |
| pastoral | work that deals with the lives of people, especially shepherds, in the country or in nature |
| pathos | evokes emotion |
| personification | human characteristics to nonhuman |
| satire | ridicule of a subject |
| simile | USES LIKE OR AS |
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