1. Literary Terms 1

2. WHAT IS A reference to a historical figure, place, or event?2

3. A reference to a historical figure, place, or event.
ALLUSION
A reference to a historical figure, place, or event. 3

4. The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.
ALLUSION
The teams competed in a David and Goliath struggle.

5. WHAT IS
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor?

6. Hyperbole
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

7. He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.
Hyperbole
He was so hungry he could have eaten a horse.

8. WHAT IS
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”?

9. SIMILE
A direct comparison between two basically different things. A simile is introduced by the words “like” or “as”.

10. My love is like a red, red rose.
SIMILE
My love is like a red, red rose.

11. WHAT IS
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”?

12. METAPHOR
A comparison between two different things not using the words “like” or “as”.

13. The eyes were daggers that cut right through me.
METAPHOR
The eyes were daggers that cut right through me.

14. WHAT IS
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas?

15. PERSONIFICATION
Human characteristics are given to non-human animals, objects, or ideas.

16. My stereo walked out of my car.
PERSONIFICATION
My stereo walked out of my car.

17. WHAT IS
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet?

18. Speaker
The voice that communicates with the reader of a poem, similar to a narrator of a story. This is usually a character separate from the actual poet.

19. WHAT IS The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses?

20. The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.
IMAGERY
The use of sensory details that appeal to the five senses.

21. Cold, wet leaves floating on moss-colored water.
IMAGERY
Cold, wet leaves floating on moss-colored water.

22. A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes?
WHAT IS
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes?

23. A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.
Onomatopeia
A figure of speech which imitates the sound of what it describes.

24. Onomatopoeia
Boom!
Crash!

25. WHAT IS The overall emotional feeling of a work?

26. The overall emotional feeling of a work.
MOOD
The overall emotional feeling of a work.

27. MOOD

28. WHAT IS A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory
(opposing/opposite) terms?

29. A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.
Oxymoron
A pair of words consisting of two seemingly contradictory terms.

30. Oxymoron
Jumbo Shrimp

31. WHAT IS
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea?

32. SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM
Something concrete, such as an object, action, character, or scene that stands for something abstract such as a concept or an idea.

33. “Do not go gentle into that good night
SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM
“Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.

34. WHAT IS The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

35. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
THEME
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.