lit terms
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- Personification
- the attribution of a personal nature or characteristic to something inhuman
- Synonym
- a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase
- Theme
- the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
- Tone
- the attitude of a speaker or writer as revealed by the choice of vocabulary or intonation
- Metonymy
- when one entity stands for another associated entity
- Denotation
- the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings the word suggests
- Foreshadowing
- be a warning or indication of a future event
- Pathetic fallacy
- nonhuman objects/creatures endowed with the feelings of the characters
- Assonance
- the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
- Metaphor
- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is symbolic of something else
- Apostrophe
- when a character addresses an absent figure (ex: dear god!)
- Voice
- a form or set of forms of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action
- Irony
- a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects
- Oxymoron
- a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
- Consonance
- the recurrence of consonants in close proximity
- Idiom
- a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible individually
- Euphemism
- a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered too harsh
- Allusion
- an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
- Simile
- a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind
- Satire
- the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity
- Alliteration
- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connectected words
- Hyperbole
- exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
- Paradox
- a situation, person, or object that combines contradictory features or qualities
- Synecdoche
- when a part stands for a whole
- Genre
- a category of artistic composition, characterized by similarities is form, style, etc.
- Connotation
- an idea or feeling that a word invokes person in addition to its primary meaning
- Allegory
- a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning
- Antonym
- a word opposite in meaning to another