LIT TERMS 4

Literal Language

• Language that "as is" with no figurative meaning

• Language that has figurative meaning and is NOT "as is"

• Language that does not use similes or metaphors

• Language that uses many other Lit Terms

Figurative Language

• Language that has neither a figurative nor a literal meaning.

• Language that does not have a figurative meaning.

• Language that has both a literal meaning and deeper meaning.

• Language that only has a literal meaning.

Symbolism

• A comparison using like or as

• A person, place, thing, or idea that represents itself AND a deeper meaning.

• A person, place, thing, or idea that represents the literal words.

• A flag is a symbol

Verbal Irony

• When what someone thinks is the exact opposite of what we think should happen

• When what someone does is the exact opposite of what we think should happen

• When what is said is exactly the same as what is felt or meant

• When what is said is the exact opposite of what is felt or meant

Situational Irony

• When an outcome is the opposite of what is expected

• When an outcome is exactly what we expected

• When the reader or audience knows something that the other characters do not

• When the reader is surprised by what happens in the story

Dramatic Irony

• When what is said is the exact opposite of what is meant or felt

• When what happens is the exact opposite of what we expect

• When the reader/audience knows more than the characters

• When the reader/audience DOES NOT know more than the audience

Simile

• A comparison that does not use like or as

• A comparison using like or as

• Giving human characteristics to thing that are not human

• The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words

Metaphor

• Giving human characteristics to things that are not human

• A group of words with a deep meaning

• A comparison that does NOT use like or as

• A comparison using like or as

Personification

• A comparison NOT using like or as

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison using like or as

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

Which of the following is a Hyperbole?

• Tiny Tim Tackled Thomas.

• She is like a flower.

• He told me he studied for a million hours for this test.

• The trees whispered in the wind, telling their secrets.