Literary Term Examples

That test was a breeze.

Dad: "We can go on vacation again this summer."  Son: "Oh, great.  I can't wait."

seriously funny; open secret

A dove implies peace or gentility, but that is not the definition found in the dictionary.

Bilbo's struggle within himself; the battle between cowardice and bravery

It was dark and dim in the forest. – The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images.

If I play my cards right, I should win the next round of golf.

The wind whispered through the dry grass.

Tarzan falls in love with Jane; she is carried off by a gorilla. What will happen to her now??

A horse is a horse, of course, of course.

Because Boo Radley has two sides to his personality, he is this kind of character.

Huck: “I’ll take the canoe and go see, Jim. It mightn’t be, you know.”

Bilbo Baggins is about half the size of humans, beardless and with hairy feet.

A horse is a very stable animal.

The story takes place in Middle Earth a long time ago.

Black represents death and darkness in literature.

Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Bilbo’s development into a hero, broadly represents development of a common person into a hero.

The dictionary definition of dove is a type of pigeon.

He is as cunning as a fox.

Formal word choice: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter....

Gandalf is this steady, unchanging character in The Hobbit.

The buzzing bee flew away.

Shrek, the ogre, is this kind of character because ogres have layers like onions.

[said to Bilbo] Don't mind him, laddie. Thorin has more cause than most to hate Orcs. 

When Joseph sees his brothers and 'remembers' his dreams.

Bilbo Baggins is this kind of character in The Hobbit because grows and changes.

Early in the story, Gandalf insists that there is more to Bilbo than meets the eye.