1. Literary Terms

2. Hyperbole
Example- He was taller than a three story building.
Definition- An extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

3. Personification Example- The desk crawled across the room.
Definition- The attribution of a personal nature to inanimate objects

4. Metaphor
Example- Love is a rose.
Definition- A figure of speech comparing two unlike things not using "like" or "as"

5. Onomatopoeia
Example- BOOM, BANG, BARK
Definition- The use of words whose sound suggests the sense

6. Simile Example- Love is like a rose.
Definition- A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as"

7. Alliteration
Example- Peter Piper picked a pail of pickled peppers.
Definition- The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

8. Assonance Definition- The repetition of vowel sounds
Example- School is cool you fool.
Definition- The repetition of vowel sounds

9. Foreshadowing
  Example- Her early interest in airplanes foreshadowed her later career as a pilot.
Definition- To show or indicate beforehand. Giving hints or clues as to what could happen in the future

10. Mood
 Example- sad, joyful, angry, gloomy, romantic, optimistic, pessimistic
Definition- The emotions that you feel while you are reading.

11. Irony
    Example- the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
Definition- The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning.  Dramatic, verbal, situational

12. Allusion Example- Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her time
Definition- A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place, or event--real or fictional.

13. Tone
 Example- humorous, suspicious, serious, ironic, neutral, clear, playful
Definition- The author's attitude toward the work, events, characters, etc.  

14. Symbol
Example- American flag can represent freedom
Definition- Something that represents something else by association or resemblance

15. Allegory Example- Fable or parable
Definition- A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.     

16. Consonance Example-He struck a streak of bad luck.
Definition- The use of the repetition of consonant or consonant patterns as a rhyming device.

17. Couplet Example- True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
Alexander Pope
Definition- A pair of lines of meter in poetry

18. Figurative Language Example- "All the world's a stage"
Definition-Uses "figures of speech" - a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words.

19. Genre Example-This book is a classic of the mystery genre.
Definition- A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content

20. Lyric Example- Mood is musical and emotional
Definition- A genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings.

21. Motif Example- The wallpaper has a flower motif.
Definition-A recurring subject, theme or idea especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work. Can also be a recurring symbol such as a shape, form or figure.

22. Narrative
Example- He is writing a detailed narrative of his life on the island.
Definition- A story or account of events, experiences, whether true or fictitious

23. Rhyme Scheme Example- ababbcc
Definition- The pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences.

24. Slant Rhyme Example- eyes, light; years, yours.
Definition- Also known as “forced rhyme.” Rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical and it ALMOST rhymes.

25. Theme Example- Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Definition- A unifying or dominant idea in a work of literature