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Mrs. Landry – HKMS
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A reference to an A reference to an historical figure, place, historical figure, place,
or eventor event.
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The teams competed in a
David and Goliath struggle.
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A broad comparison between two basically
different aspects that have some points in common.
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Aspirations toward space are not new. Consider the
worm that becomes a
butterfly.
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A direct comparison between two basically
different aspects. A simile is introduced by the words
“like” or “as”.
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My love is like a red, red
rose.
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An implied comparison between two basically
different aspects/things. Is introduced with the words “is”, “was”, “were”, “are”
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His eyes were
daggers that cut
right through
me.
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A great exaggeration to emphasize strong
feeling.
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I will love you until
all the seas go
dry.
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Human characteristics are given to inhuman
animals, objects, or ideas.
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My stereo
walked out of
my car.
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Hints given to the reader of what is
to come.
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“The stalwart hero was
doomed to suffer the
destined end of his days.”
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The use of concrete details that appeal to
the five senses.
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Cold, wet leaves
floating on moss-colored
water.
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A contrast between what is said and what is meant.
Also, when events turn out different than what is
expected.
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“The treacherous instrument is in
thy hand, unbated and envenomed. The foul practice has turned itself on me.” Laertes
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The overall atmosphere or
prevailing emotional feeling of a work.
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the
age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of
belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of
Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of
hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing
before us.”
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A seemingly self-contradictory
statement that still is true.
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The more we
learn, the less
we know.
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A series of events that present and resolve a
conflict. The story being told.
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The plot of The Most Dangerous Game is
that Rainsford is being hunted by General Zaroff.
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The vantage point from which an author presents the action in
a work.
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1st person-tale related by a character in the story. “I or
me”3rd person-story told by
someone not participating in the plot. “he, she, they”
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The repetition of identical sounds at the ends of lines of
poetry.
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“He clasps the crag with crooked
handsClose to the sun in lonely lands”
from “The Eagle”
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The repetition of identical sounds
within a line of poetry.
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“We three shall flee across the sea to Italy.”
Or“Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.”
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The time (both the time of day and period in history) and place in which the action of a
literary work takes place.
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“Tiger! Tiger!
burning brightIn the
forests of the night”
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The repeating of a sound, word, phrase,
or more in a given literary work.
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“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he;
I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”
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The repetition of consonant sounds
at the beginnings of words.
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“Swiftly, swiftly
flew the ship”
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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different
consonant.
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“. . .that hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not
me.”
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The repetition of consonant sounds
that are preceded by different vowel
sounds.
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“Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews”
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The use of words whose sounds suggest the
sounds made by objects or activities.
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“Blind eyes
could blaze like meteors”
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
Other examples:
buzz, hum, kiss
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Something concrete, such as an object, action, character,
or scene that stands for something abstract such as a
concept or an idea.
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“Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, Rage against the dying of the light”
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
Both phrases are symbols that
stand for death.
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The main idea or underlying
meaning of a literary work.
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“Don’t judge a man until
you’ve walked a
mile in his shoes”
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A pair of rhymed verse lines that
contain a complete thought.
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“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.”
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Appreciation to M. Wallock