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LITERARY TERMS REVEIW
Imagery• the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses
• Sight, sound, smell, touch, taste
Characterization• the methods an author uses to reveal a character’s personality
• indirect – the author or speaker reveals a character’s personality through the character’s own words, thoughts, and actions and through the words, thoughts, and actions of other characters
• direct – the author or narrator makes direct statements about a character’s traits
Details• facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece
of poetry or prose
• Tone: the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience
Simile• comparison of two things using “like” or “as”, or other specifically comparative words
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes…
(Robert Frost, “Once by the Pacific;” 1928)
She is as in a field a silken tent
At midday when a sunny summer breeze
Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent,
So that in guys it gently sways at ease.
(Robert Frost, “The Silken Tent;” 1942)
Metaphor• a direct comparison of two different things
Theme• a central idea of a work
Diction• Word choice
• Denotation-dictionary meaning of a word
• Connotation-the positive and negative images associated with a word• Often associated with feelings or bias
• Home, residence, abode, house, shack
• Often contributes to tone-the author’s attitude toward his/her subject