1. Literary Terms Gil Gomez

2. Analogy A similarity between like features of two things... Wheel is to Bike as Tire is to Car In is to out as Up is to Down In is to out as Up is to Down

3. Hyperbole Figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. Figure of speech not intended to be taken literally. It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through Medical School. It is going to take a b'zillion years to get through Medical School. I ate the whole cow. I ate the whole cow.

4. Paradox  Proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.  If you get this message, call me; if you don't, then don't worry about it.  The man who wrote suce a stupid sentence cannot write at all

5. Simile  A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared.  Playing cards with Sam is like trying to outsmart a Vegas slot machine.  Jill choked and said, “These donuts are like (Texas dust).”

6. 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 A lifetime is a day, death is sleep; a lifetime is a year, death is winter.. Life is a precious possession, death is a loss..

7. Rhyme Identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or lines of verse. "Hey, why don't I just go eat some hay, make things out of clay, lay by the bay? I just may! What do ya say?" "Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though.

8. Alliteration The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August Quincy’s quilters quit quilting quickly.

9. Irony  The use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning. .in a word-count of obituaries, the word "life" is usually the most common.  a guy named his cat Cerberus (a three headed dog.)

10. Imagery Figurative description or illustration. Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings. The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.

11. onomatopoeia The use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect. Bang! Clink! Clank! clunk, clatter!

12. Personification  a character portrayal or representation in a dramatic or literary work  She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.  The run down house appeared depressed.

13. Foreshadowing to show or indicate beforehand Disney has many classic movies and 101 Dalmatians is just one of them. The picture highlights the life of a young deer that grows to maturity in a deep forest while transcending tragedy.

14. Flashback  A device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present.  Examples:  When you go back in the story.  While the flashback is common in literary presentations--novels, drama, television programs--it need not be restricted to the