1. Literary Terms # 2 10 new terms Copy into your RN

2. 1. Denotation 2. Connotation Denotation: The dictionary definition of a word – Example: The word “America” indicates the country south of Canada & north of Mexico Connotation: The thoughts, feelings, & images associated with a word – Example: The word “America” suggests or implies freedom, individualism, & opportunity

3. 3. Hyperbole Hyperbole: obvious exaggeration used to emphasize a point or add excitement & humor to a story – Example: I could sleep for a year. Or This book weighs a ton.

4. 4. Idiom Idiom: an expression that has a figurative meaning; meaning different from what the words actually say Example: “under the weather”, “raining cats & dogs”.

5. 5. Imagery Imagery: words or phrases that appeal to the five senses & conjure up mental images. Imagery helps readers imagine the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, & feelings associated with a character’s or author’s experiences. – Example: Paul started up from the seat where he had lain curled in uneasy slumber, rubbed the breath-misted window-glass with his hand, and peered out. The snow was whirling in curling eddies above the white bottom lands, and the drifts lay already deep in the fields and along the fences while here and there the tall dead grass and dried weed- stalks protruded black above it.

6. 6. Metaphor 7. Simile Metaphor: a comparison that uses no connecting words. The comparison is between two things that are not alike. – Example: The road was a ribbon of moonlight. Simile: a comparison between two seemingly unrelated things, using connecting words such as: like, as, or seems in comparison – Example: Mary’s smile is like the sun.

7. 8. Oxymoron 9. Paradox Oxymoron: a two or three word phrase that contains opposite word or ideas. – Example: Wise fool, deafening silence Paradox: an extended oxymoron, a paradox pits contradictory ideas against one another so that a statement appears to be untrue but it is not. – Example: “standing is more tiring than walking” – Definition of Paradox Literary Term – Paradox Literary Term is a paradox is a statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements but upon closer inspection might be true.

8. Examples of oxymoron "That building is a little bit big and pretty ugly." the expressions: "act naturally," "found missing," "alone together," "peace force," "terribly pleased," "ill health," "jumbo shrimp," "alone together," "small crowd," and "clearly misunderstood"

9. Examples of Paradox "The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot." "War is peace." “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” "Ignorance is strength." Less is more Cowards die many times before their deaths. *What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.

10. 10. Symbol Symbol: something that stands for something abstract. It may be a person, place, thing, or action. It may stand for an idea, belief, feeling or attitude. A symbol keeps its own meaning while also standing for something else. Example: the eagle is a symbol of the United States, our flag, a cross, folded hands, butterflies, or the Nike Swoosh