Literary terms

A story or image that represents an abstract idea or moral lesson.

• Alliteration

• Allegory

• Allusion

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.

• Alliteration

• Connotation

• Allusion

An indirect reference to another literary work, historical event, or cultural figure.

• Allegory

• Positive connotation

• Allusion

Words that conjure a favorable emotional response.

• Positive connotation

• Negative connotation

• Neutral connotation

This is when a word says what it means with a neutral point of view, and no attached positive or negative connotation.

• Positive connotation

• Neutral connotation

• Negative connotation

When a negative connotation is made, it presents the person or thing in an unfavorable light.

• Negative connotation

• Neutral connotation

• Positive connotation

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

This is an example of:

• Allusion

• Connotation

• Alliteration

"Rose is a real Einstein"

It's an example of :

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Negative connotation