English - Literary Terms Vocab

Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

Casual references designed to call something to mind

Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

Languages that gives animals or objects human characteristics

Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

Casual references designed to call something to mind

A comparison that uses “like” or “as”

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

The central topic of a written composition

The central topic of a written composition

A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”

Language that gives animals or objects human attributes

Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

Casual references designed to call something to mind

Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”

A comparison that says something IS another, not using “like” or “as”

Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

Casual references designed to call something to mind

Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

The central topic of a written composition

Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”

A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”

Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

Language that gives animals or objects human attributes

Casual references designed to call something to mind

Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

The central topic of a written composition

Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

A comparison that uses “like” or “as”

Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification