PAT 9 Literary Terms

a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.

an account of someone's life written by someone else.

A comparison of two or more things without using like or as

the use of words that are the opposite of what you mean, as a way of being funny is...

an indirect reference to a person, place, thing of significance

an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future.

language and description that appeals to our five senses.

A synonym is...

You've heard the expression a million times, and its so.......

literal or dictionary meanings of a word

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Hyperbole is......

a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.

a transition in a story to an earlier time

a particular type of literature , painting, music, film, or other art form.

a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good ).

two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings

An inference is....

an account of a person's life written by that person.

natural flow of speech is called..

Onomatopoeia is.....

the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group:

A simile is.....

the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea is....

An idiom is....

writing that is about real events and facts, rather than stories that have been invented.

a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes.

when you use words that have the same sound at the beginning,

A pun is....

An acronym is...