E4 Final Exam: Literary Terms (Smith)

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Imagery

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The use of visually descriptive or figurative language in writing. It involves using the five senses to create a picture in the mind of the reader.

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Personification

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When you give human characteristics to non-human objects or elements.

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Irony

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literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.

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Anaphora

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a rhetorical device that features the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.

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Foreshadowing

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Using clues about what will happen in the future of the essay/story.

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Antithesis

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a literary device that refers to the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.

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Epistrophe

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the same word returns at the end of each sentence.

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Rhyme

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a literary device, featured particularly in poetry, in which identical or similar concluding syllables in different words are repeated.

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Juxtaposition

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Placing contrasting elements next to one another to emphasize one or both, including words, scenes, or themes.

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Allusion

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An often indirect reference to a well-known place, person, character, or historical event.