Lit Terms

...is a comparison between two things for the purpose of drawing conclusions on one based on its similarities to the other.

• Parallel Structure

• Analogy

• Motif

• Simile

Personification is...

• making animals act like people.

• adding human qualities to characters.

• when the narrator knows everything about all the characters.

• giving an inhuman thing human qualities.

...is an example of an oxymoron

• That boy is a real Romeo

• Wooosh

• Awfully pretty

• She sells seashells by the sea shore

When what happens turns out to be quite different from what was expected is

• irony

• flashback

• denotation

• syntax

The setting is

• the imaginary voice or persona of the writer.

• the atmosphere or general feeling in a literary work.

• using hints or clues to suggest future action.

• the time and place in fiction.

"Your eyes are like stars" is an example of

• allusion

• simile

• characterization

• metaphor

... is a writer's message in a story.

• Tone

• Motif

• Moral

• Theme

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of

• imagery.

• onomatopoeia.

• hyperbole.

• connotation.

A reference to a well-know figure, character, event from history, music, art or another literary work is

• allusion.

• repetition.

• symbol.

• paradox.

... is the writer's choice of words

• Voice

• Diction

• Tone

• Dialogue