figurative language/literary terms. alliteration repetition of initial consonant sounds ex: can...
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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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