Literary Terms Marisela Gutierrez Per: 3

Analogy a similarity between like features of two things Examples: Glove is to hand as paint is to wall Citizens are to president as solar system is to galaxy

Hyperbole obvious and intentional exaggeration. Examples: It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through Medical School. I ate the whole cow.

Paradox a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses. Examples: "The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.“ "If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."

Simile a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as. Examples: "He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.“ "Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when we want to move the stars to pity."

Metaphor A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. Examples: Reach out for the stars. The sun was a ball of fire.

Rhyme Identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse. Examples: “ Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forest at night.” A girl was born, my sisters mate, We had to be together, it’s simply fate.

Alliteration The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group. Examples: Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight. Dewdrops dwell delicately drawing dazzling delight. Dewdrops dilute daisies domain.

Imagery The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively. Examples: I took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind. I left my body laying somewhere In the sands of time.

Irony The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. Examples: "It is a fitting irony that under Richard Nixon, launder became a dirty word." "I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it."

Onomatopoeia The formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Examples: Splash, buzz, his, boom. "I'm getting married in the morning! Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime."

Personification The attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure. Examples: The camera loves me. Wind yells while blowing. The sun greeted me this morning.

Antagonist A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. Like and evil person. Examples: The Joker, as the main antagonist, is superbly characterized and well voiced and his convoluted evil plan actually makes some sense. As for his antagonists, they seemed much agitated; not so much by the value of their stake, as because they had some scruples about betting under conditions so difficult to their friend.

Flashback 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. Examples: "First, it should follow a strong opening scene, one that roots us firmly in your character's present.... "In addition, the second-scene flashback should bear some clear relation to the first scene we've just witnessed....

Foreshadowing To show or indicate beforehand; prefigure. It is also the way an author puts some clues as to how the plot is develop. Examples: When the Lord of the Flies promises to have some "fun" with Simon, this foreshadows Simon's death. She had a walk to class intill she foreshadows to see if she needs her book.