Literary Terms

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration to add meaning

• a comparison of dissimilar things

• repetition of the first sound of a word

• the underlying main idea of a literary work

Theme is....

• the time and place of a literary work

• the underlying main idea or universal message of a literary work

• how the author feels about what he or she is writing about

• the voice in a poem; the person that is speaking in a literary work

Setting is....

• language that appeals to the five senses

• figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics

• the pattern of rhyme along lines of poetry

• the time and place of a literary work

Tone is

• language that appeals to the five senses

• an implied comparison between dissimilar things

• when the sound of a word is its meaning

• how the author feels about what he/she is writing about

Speaker means

• voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking

• how the author feels about what he/she is writing about

• figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics

• repetition of initial consonant sounds of words

rhyme scheme is

• when a poem doesn't rhyme

• the same as poetic license

• pattern of thyme among lines of poetry

• when sounds in the middle of words repeat

Alliteration is

• when a poem follows a specific rhyming pattern

• the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words

• when the sounds in the middle of the words repeat

• when a poem doesn't rhyme

Consonance is....

• when the middle sounds of words repeat

• repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words

• poetic license

• rhyme scheme

Personification is...

• when a person turns to stone in a literary text

• figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics

• an extreme exaggeration for added meaning

• when a character in a literary text is a shape-shifter

Imagery is...

• when characters have strong imaginations

• repetition of symbols

• a comparison of dissimilar things

• language that appeals to the five senses