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Literary Terms #2
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Alliteration: Repetition of an initial consonant sound
Ex: "And the serpent said unto the woman, "Ye shall not surely die.'" - from Genesis 3:4 Look carefully at the next 3 slides and identify what is odd about them.
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Yes...all are ironic. Irony: A striking discrepancy between what is expected and what actually exists or occurs.
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Dramatic Irony: The audience or reader knows an important fact that the character does not know.
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Verbal Irony- a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
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Imagery: Descriptive language that appeals to the senses in order to create specific effect
The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire. - from Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Metaphor: Speaking of one thing in terms of another as to imply a connect between the two.
Our relationship is rock solid. I would not change my mind even if you cried an ocean of tears.
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Extended Metaphor: A metaphor that continues beyond the first comparison sentence. Could be an entire work. Ex: "I graduated from the University of Life. All right? I received a degree from the School of Hard Knocks. And our colors were black and blue, baby. I had office hours with the Dean of Bloody Noses. All right? I borrowed my class notes from Professor Knuckle Sandwich and his Teaching Assistant, Ms. Fat Lip Thon Nyun. That’s the kind of school I went to for real, okay?" – Will Ferrell, Commencement address at Harvard University, 2003
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Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like sounds or sound like the thing or phenomenon they describe
BAM! Crash! POW!
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Paradox: A seeming contradiction which is nonetheless true.
To bring peace, we make have war. Less is more Cowards die many times before their death.
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Personification: Imparting human or lifelike characteristics to an inanimate object.
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Simile: a comparison of two unlike things that uses the words like or as
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See the next two slides…
Symbol: A thing that represents an idea; an image, object, or action with another (larger and more important) meaning than itself See the next two slides…
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Rivers Decide what each picture represents. 1 2 3
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Possible meanings of rivers
1: your path of life, full of challenges, or a challenge to cross over Check your answers. 3: an easy life, minimal challenges, peace 2: insurmountable challenge, getting carried away
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Oxymoron: a fusion of two contradictory ideas
jumbo shrimp "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate . . ./ Feather of lead, bright smoke / cold fire, sick health!" - from Romeo and Juliet
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