1. 10th Accel. English Mrs. Larks
Literary Terms
10th Accel. English
Mrs. Larks

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Allegory is a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions that have meanings outside of the narrative. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance. The story has a literal meaning and a symbolic meanining. Example: Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, or The Crucible

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Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds. Example: Lady lounges lazily Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Example: Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels. Example: Dark deep dread crept in.

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Allusion is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion. Example: Prospero in Night Circus is an allusion from The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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Anaphora is the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of two or more lines. Example: Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better

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Analogy is a comparison between two things. Analogies function to describe or explain one thing by examining its similarities with another thing. Example: Busy as a bee.

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Metaphor compares two subjects without any connecting words such as “like” or “as” Example: Love is a game that we often play.

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Simile is a comparison between two things using the connecting words “like” or “as.” Example: She is like a dainty flower.

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Connotation is not the explicit meaning of the word, but rather the meaning that the word implies. Example: Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Denotation of a word is its literal meaning in the dictionary.

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Hyperbole is exaggeration or overstatement. Example: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. Imagery is language that evokes one or all of the five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell or touch. Example: It was dark and dim in the forest.

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Personification is giving human qualities to animals or objects. Example: The flag wavered in the wind of the unknown.