Literary Terms 2
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- theme
- the central message of story
- assonance
- the repitition of some or similar vowel sounds in stressed syables that end with different consonant sounds
- alliteration
- the repitition of sounds, most often consonat sounds, at the begining of words. Alliteration gives emphasis to words.
- monologue
- a long speech or written expression of thoughts by one character in a literary work
- simile
- a comparision using like or as
- personal essay
- an informal essay that reflects upon an experience in the writers life
- symbol
- any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is.
- repetition
- sounds, words, phrases, lines or stanzaz are repeated for emphasis
- hyperbole
- a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
- tone
- reflection of a writer's or speakers attitude toward the subject
- irony
- a contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality
- sensory detail
- evocative words that convey sensory experiences-seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling
- paradox
- a situation or statement that seems to be impossible or contradicting, but is nevertheless true, either literally or figuratively
- consonance
- the repitition of consonant sounds before and after different vowels
- pathos
- a writer's attempt to inspire an emotional reaction in an audience
- mood
- the emotional or atmosphere of a story
- free verse
- poetry that has no fixed pattern of meter or rhyme.
- imagery
- the "word pictures"
- allusion
- a referance in a work of literatre to a character, place, or situation from history or from another work of literature, music, or art.
- metaphor
- a comparision without using like or as
- rhyme
- repitition of the same stressed vowel sounds and any succed sounds in two or more words
- diction
- the writer's choice of words; an important elemtnt in the writer's voice or style