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| Alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
| Motif | a term for a reoccuring theme or idea in a place of literature |
| Hyperbole | a great exaggeration to emphasize strong feelings |
| Irony | a contrast between two things |
| Imagery | the use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that implies comparison between two different things |
| Idiom | is a figurative use of words in a certain way that has a meaning that should not be taken literally |
| Personification | when you give a human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects |
| Rhyme | repetition of similar sounds in two or more words and is most often used in poetry and songs |
| Pun | a play on words, humorous use of words that have different meanings |
| Verbal irony | a contrast between what is said and what is meant(sarcasm) |
| Dramatic irony | the reader or viewer is aware of something that the characters involved are unaware of |
| Situational Irony | the opposite of what we expect to happen, happens |
| Oxymoron | is a combination of contradictory terms |
| Simile | A figure of speech involving a comparison using the words like or as |
| Symbol | Something concrete, such as an object, person,place or happening, that stands for or represents something beyond itself |
| Theme | the central idea or underlying meaning of work |
| Onomatopeia | words that sound like the objects they name or sounds those objects make |
| Allusion | A reference to a historical or literary figure or event |
| Repetition | repeating words or phrases to add emphasis or make a point |
| Tone | the author's attitude toward the subject |
| Mood | the feeling or atmosphere created by the work |
| 1st person | narrator "I" is a character |
| 3rd person obj. | story told by someone outside story |
| 3rd person omniscient | narrator telling story can enter minds of all characters |
| 3rs person limited | narrator is outsider who can enter minds of only some characters |
