Literary Terms Review

When an author repeats a word or phrase over and over again for emphasis

• anaphora
• theme
• motif
• repetition

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject matter

• mood
• tone
• theme
• point of view

The emotional feeling or "shade" associated with a word

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

The author's word choice

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

When something is used to represent something else or something deeper

• metaphor
• simile
• anaphora
• symbolism

Figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared without the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

A type of figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared using the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

A type of figurative language in which humanlike qualities are assigned to an inanimate object...

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

The author's word choice

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

The sequence of events in a story

• theme
• rising action
• plot
• climax