10th Grade Literary Terms Flashcards | StudBud10th Grade Literary Terms
Poetic Literary Devices
1Metaphor
- Comparing two unlike objects using like, as, or than.
- Comapring two unlike objects without using like, as, or than.
- Saying one thing but meaning another.
- Sound words.
2Simile
- Comparing one thing to another without using like, as, or than.
- Events are going one way but turn out opposite of what is expected.
- Say one thing but mean another.
- Comparing one thing two another using like, as, or than.
3Hyperbole
- A term that represents the part but refers to the whole or vice versa.
- Words in close proximity that share similar vowel sound(s) within them.
- A reference to history, religion, pop culture, literature, and mythology.
- An extreme overexaggeration of the truth.
4Situational Irony
- The reader and narrator know what is going to happen, not the victim.
- Giving human attributes to non-human objects.
- Events happen one way, but they turn out the opposite of what is expected.
- Sound words.
5Consonance
- Words that have multiple consonant letters that share the same sound.
- Play on words.
- Words that share the same initial consonant sound in a sentence or a poem.
- Comparing two unlike objects to another using like, as, or than.
6Idiom
- Overused expressions used in everytday speech. Figurative, not literal.
- A reference to pop culture, history, mythology, religion, and literature.
- An extreme overexaggeration of the truth.
- Words in close proximity that have a similar vowel sound(s).
7Alliteration
- Words that share the same initial consonant letter in a sentence or poem.
- A play on words.
- Two unlike words that compare to each other using like, as, or than.
- Two unlike words that compare without using like, as, or than.
8Dramatic Irony
- Sound words.
- The reader and the narrator know what is going to happen, not the victim.
- Giving human attributes to non-human objects.
- Two words that contradict each other.
9Personification
- Giving human attributes to non-human objects.
- Overused expressions used in everyday speech.
- Two words that contradict each other.
- Overexaggeration of the truth.
10Pun
- Two unlike words that compare without using like, as, or than.
- Sound words.
- Play on words.
- Two unlike words that compare to each other using like, as, or than.
11Onomatopoeia
- Overused expressions that are used in everyday speech.
- Giving human attributes to non-human objects.
- Sound words.
- Two words that contradict each other.
12Synecdoche
- Play on words.
- Word that share the same initial consonant sounds in a sentence or a poem.
- Words that have multiple consonant letters that share similar sounds.
- A word that represents a part but refers to the whole or vice versa.
13Verbal Irony
- The narrator and the reader know what is going to happen, not the victim.
- Sound words.
- Events turn out one way, but they are the opposite of what is expected.
- Say one idea but mean another.
14Allusion
- A reference to pop culture, history, religion, literataure, and mythology.
- Words in close proximity that share multiple consonant sounds.
- Words in close proximity to each other that share similar vowel sound(s).
- A word that represents a part but refers to the whole.
15Oxymoron
- Two words that contradict each other.
- A reference to pop culture, history, religion, literature, and mythology.
- Overused expressions used in everyday speech.
- Overexaggeration of the truth.
16Assonance
- Words in close proximity to each other that share similar vowel sounds(s).
- A word that represents a part but refers to the whole or vice versa.
- Words that have two or more consonants in them, which share the same sound.
- Several words in a sentence that repeat the same intial consonant sound.
