Literary Terms Rene Alvarez Period 2

Imagery The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectivel. Examples From the family tree of old school hip hop Kick off your shoes and relax your socks The rhymes will spread just like a pox Cause the music is live like an electric shock.

Irony The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning Examples. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man“ Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink

Analogy A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." Glove is to hand as monitor is to computer.

Hyperbole An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” Examples I am so tired I could sleep for a year. He is older than the hills.

Paradox A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. Examples Dark knows daylight“. "Hot understands cold“.

simile An instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it. Examples. Bill ran along the street and listened to the traffic. His skin was as hot as the concrete. I don't like what's going on. I feel like a noodle in boiling water.

Onomatopoeia Examples The clock goes tick tock. The birds like to tweet outside my window. Is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Metaphor A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. Examples The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner." A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind."

Personification Examples An outstanding example of a quality or idea: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative Examples Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there. Wind yells while blowing.

Rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words. Examples Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Allitaration Examples Alliteration is the genus, whereas, assonance and consonance are the species Examples Sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy. And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.