Figurative Language/Literary

Terms

AlliterationRepetition of initial consonant sounds

EX: Can Cameron come to the concert?

SimileComparison of two unlike things using

"like" or "as"

MetaphorComparison of two

unlike things; saying one thing is another

OxymoronA figure of speech

that links two opposite or

contradictory words EX: Pretty uglySeriously funny

Act natural

OnomatopoeiaUse of words that

imitate sounds

SynonymWords that mean the same or almost the

same

EX: Mad, angrySad, upsetSpeak, talk

ThemeAuthor's message in

a literary work; generalization about

human beings or about life

ForeshadowingAuthor's use of clues to hint at what happens

later in a story

EX: "Little did he know, his words would come back to haunt him..."

PlotSequence of events in a

story

Parts of Plot (in order)Exposition/Introduction- The alarm clock rings

Rising Action- The boy falls back asleep

Climax- The boy wakes up an hour later; his mom comes in, yelling

Falling Action- The mom quickly drives him to school

Resolution- The boy's mom signs him in at the office and he makes his way to class

SettingThe time and place of the

action

EX: New York City in the 1920s

PersonificationA type of figurative

language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics

EX: The tea kettle screamed as its insides shook up with boiling

water.

ChronologicalThe order in which events occur (time

order)

ToneThe writer's

attitude toward his/her audience

and subject

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