Literary terms By Andres Mendoza

Alliteration The repletion of the same consonant sounds In lines of poetry or prose. You can write a poem using alliteration, where each line has three or four words beginning with the same letter or letters.using Schemes, which include alliteration, chiasmus, etc., have more to do with expressioninclude

Analogy An explanation or description of something unfamiliar or difficult to explain by comparison with something familiar. You can draw analogy to two people holding the key for the same lock.draw pushing the analogy further, architecture could be considered an ' operating system ' within which people write their own programs for spatial interaction.push

Euphemism Using mild words to describe something instead of using possibility offensive or sexist terms. The phrase has become a euphemism for the erosion of workers ' basic rights.become It uses the euphemism ' value for money ' to justify its poverty pay measures.use It seems that all the ingenuity has gone into inventing new euphemisms rather than finessing them into poetry. invent

Hyperbole Exaggeration to create an effect. Why would the son of God confuse us by using hyperbole?use Item notes within this site aim for honesty and reliability and attempt to avoid hyperbole and deceipt.avoid

Imagery The use of words or phrase that evoke the sensation of sight,hearing,touch,smell, or taste. My work is mainly inspired by old advertising imagery, naive drawings and textile design.inspire Each of the five magic notes provokes a different emotion and each will be accompanied by imagery, all devised by the youngsters themselves.accompanied

Irony A contrast or incongruity between what is stated and what is meant (verbal irony ), or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens (irony of situation ).

Metaphor A direct comparison between two unlike things without using the words ‘as’. Metaphors borrowed from computing were used to understand life forms as biochemical machines whose efficiency coefficients could be raised by precise genetic reprogramming.borrow This article describes a more structured approach to working with embodied metaphors.embodied

Onomatopoeia Words whose sounds suggests their meaning. Activity 3 - writing a glass recycling poem using onomatopoeia. using explore, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and distinctive rhythms.explore

Oxymoron Two or three words that combine opposite or contradiction ideas such as ‘wise fool’ sweet sorrow, or jumbo shrimp. Answer The young boy was an antagonist because he always got in a fight for the answer.

Antagonist a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. This belongs to a class of medicine called the glycine antagonists.call Yet the advice to use double dose histamine antagonists seems to be almost universal.use

Protagonist the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. To enhance collaborative research involving protagonists from one or more of the two communities. involving May the peoples of Africa become the protagonists of their own future and their own cultural, civil, social and economic development!become

Foreshadowing the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work. However, this foreshadowed some truly horrible eventsevent to take place in the not to distant future. However, the beginning foreshadows the end of the times of the Gentiles.end

Flash back. a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience. An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use.