Literary Terms

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Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

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hyperbole

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An object represents an idea (Ex. Rose represents beauty; Rain represents sadness)

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symbolism

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"To restate a question" means

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to reorder words from a question into a statement.

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Character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)

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antagonist

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Comparison of unlike things that uses "like", "as", or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

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simile

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as" (Ex. Time is a thief.)

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metaphor

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Giving human traits to non-human things (Ex. The wind whispered through the trees.)

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personification

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A phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning (Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.)

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idiom

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The main character in a story, often a hero or heroine

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protagonist

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The use of repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Ex. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.)

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alliteration