| Term | Definition |
|---|
| alliteration | a pattern of sounds that includes the repetition of consonant sounds |
| characterization | A method used by an author to develop a character |
| direct characterization | the character qualities are stated |
| indirect characterization | the character is developed through description, what he/she does, says, thinks... |
| connotation | an association that come along with the words |
| denotation | the literal definition of a word |
| foreshadowing | the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later |
| hyperbole | an extravagant exaggeration |
| imagery | language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching |
| metaphor | a statement that is made that says one thing is something else but, literally, it is not |
| nemesis | an opponent or a foe in a story; often seeking retribution or vengeance |
| oxymoron | putting two contradictory words together |
| omomatopoeia | a word that imitates the sound it represents |
| personification | a figure of speech that gives human characteristics to animals, ideas or objects |
| mood | the emotional attitude the author takes towards a subject |
| idiom | an expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language |
| parody | a literary work that imitates another literary work; can be amusing or mocking in tone |
| puns | the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound |
| rhythm | the beat of a line of writing |
| rhyme | a pattern of words that contain similar sounds |
| simile | comparison using "like" or "as" |
| symbol | using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning |
| tone | the attitude a writer takes toward a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, solemn, objective |
| first person point-of-view | the narrator speaks as "I" and the narrator is a character in the story who may or may not influence the events within it |
| third person limited point-of-view | a narrator who is confined to what is experiences, thought, or felt by a single character, or at most a limited number of characters |
| third person omniscient point-of-view | a narrator who knows everything that needs to be known about the agents and the events in a story, and is free to move at will in time and place, and who has privileged access to a character's thought, feelings, and motives |
| allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature |
| analogy | a comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship |
| dialogue | the conversation between characters |
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