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| repetition of initial consonant sounds: Peter, Piper, picked a peck of pickled pepper |
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| reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art: Zeus, Noah’s Ark, Eiffel Tower |
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| something out of its normal time and place—velcro tennis shoes during World War II |
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| comparison between two unlike things: steering wheel is to a car as handlebars are to a bike |
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| repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of sentences, clauses, or phrases: “Good words will not give me back…” “Good words will not make good…” “Good words will not give my…” “Good words will not get my…” |
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| figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality: “Oh, God, wherefore art thou!” “Twinkle, twinkle, little star…” |
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| repetition of similar vowel sounds inside words that are close together: “Thou foster child of silence and slow time…” |
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| all types—review: direct and indirect |
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| work, especially a play, that has a happy ending |
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| meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests: apple pie—All-American, common, homey. |
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| repetition of two or more words of final consonants: hid, head, lad, rod |
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| dictionary definition: Apple pie—pastry crust with a fruit filling |
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| story written to be ACTED out for an audience |
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| sudden understanding/realization which prior to this was not thought of or understood; a light-bulb moment goes off. |
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| device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid unpleasantness (politically correct choice of phrases): passed away instead of died |
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| writing/speech that explains, informs, or presents information. |
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| writing/speech not meant to be interpreted literally: 3 main ones—simile, metaphor, personification |
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| character used as a contrast to another character: McDreamy/McSteamy; Dwight/Jim (The Office); Kramer/Seinfeld; heros/Sylar |
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| division or type of literature: tragedy, comedy, epic, lyric, pastoral; also, novel, short story, essay, movies, TV plays |
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| character whose actions are inspiring or noble: Achilles |
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| overstatement, deliberate exaggeration: I told you a million times to clean up your room |
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| line of poetry that contains five iambs: But soft! what light through yonder window breaks?” |
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| a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) |
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| descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader |
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| uses words in the ordinary senses—what they really mean |
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| speech by one character in a play, story, or poem |
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| a recurring feature in the work; especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme: women weaving—The Odyssey |
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| composition/essay that tells a true story |
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| outside speaker or character in a story that tells the story. |
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| long work of fiction (usually more than 50,000 words) |
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| use of words that imitate sounds: humming, swishing, crackle, chirp |
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| two opposite or apparently different words: jumbo shrimp, extreme moderation, cold heat. |
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| statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth: “Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.” |
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| repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea: “It was the best of times…It was the worst of times…It was the age of wisdom…It was the age of foolishness…It was the epoch of belief…It was the season…” |
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| attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action |
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| a composition/essay which tries to convince the reader to do something or accept a point of view |
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| introductory or opening section of a play |
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| ordinary form of written language |
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| play on words based on different meaning of words that sound alike: |
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| the use, more than once, of ANY element of language—a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence. |
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| essay/speech that appeals to one or more of the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell |
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| how writers say something |
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| a second, less important plot within a story |
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| anything that stands for or represents something else: six-pointed star = Judaism; Gator = Univ. of Florida; yellow triangle = yield |
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| sentence structure: John is going to the beach. Is John going to the beach? To the beach John is going |
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| central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. Not a summary but a generalization about human beings or life. Must be in sentence format. |
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| work of literature that results in a catastrophe for the main character. |
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| 50. understatement—LITOTE |
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| saying less than is actually meant (generally ironic): The state of Texas is a fairly large state in the U.S. Bill Gates is worth a small amount of money |
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