Mr. Geerlings – ENG2D

 Figurative language  Various techniques to enhance writing, from short stories to essays, although each term is not universal (think formal vs informal!)  Try to include a range of literary terms in your writing

 Metaphor  Simile  Alliteration  Personification  Hyperbole  Onomatopoeia  Symbol  Foreshadowing  Imagery  Irony

 Diction  Methods of Development (x3)  Parody  Allusion  Pathetic Fallacy  Satire

The comparison of two unlike things to suggest things which they have in common Example: Joe is a lion of the playing field Life is a journey, travel it well Children have an enormous appetite for learning

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as Example: Watching that shows was like watching grass grow He is as strong as an ox She is as thing as a toothpick

The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet throughout a phrase Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers She was wide-eyed and wondering as she waited for Walter to wake Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy

The description of an inanimate object as if it were a human being or an animal (giving that object traits) Example: The kite tugged and pulled at the string, longing for the freedom of the skies The tree moaned as the wind struck it violently The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky

An obvious and unrealistic exaggeration Example: His gaping jaw could hold a flock of the King’s fattest sheet I’ve told you a million times to clean your room I am so hungry I could eat a horse

Use of a word which sounds like it means Example He was zapped by a Taser in the U.T.B. championship. Buzz, crackle, plunk, bong

A person, place, action, word, or thing that (by association, resemblance, or convention) represents something other than itself Batman Snake Guy Fawkes mask

 Foreshadowing is a way of indicating or hinting at what will come later.  It can be subtle, like storm clouds on the horizon suggesting that danger is coming  It can also be more direct, such as Romeo and Juliet talking about wanting to die rather than live without each other.

 Imagery includes all the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature  This means encompassing the senses also  It uses many of the other literary terms in order to achieve these images

 A dryly humorous or lightly sarcastic figure of speech in which the literal meaning of a word or statement is the opposite of that intended

 Diction is the distinctive tone or tenor of an author’s writings  Diction is not just a writer's choice of words it can include the mood, attitude, dialect and style of writing

 Arranges events in the piece of writing via a time sequence, usually beginning with the first event and proceeding to the last

 Fragments of story that come together to create a whole  Not always told in chronological order  Example: Esther does this Then she does that Fred meets her and they talk Esther does this Then that Then this Esther does this BUT She stumbles into that AND THEN she discovers this WHICH leads her to overcome THIS And eventually she learns THAT EXCEPT she will have to sacrifice THIS

 Takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached to retell a past event, often revealing an important detail  Examples ◦ The Borne Trilogy ◦ Butterfly Effect ◦ Forest Gump

 An imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target

 A literary term that makes a reference to, or representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art, either directly or by implication  It is left to the reader to make the connection  Example: ◦ In the movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the plane which Indy takes in the initial minutes of the footage has the registration number 'OB-3PO', which is a reference to a character in Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and C-3P

 A form of specific personification  attributing human emotion or responses to nature, inanimate objects, or animals  Example: ◦ smiling or dancing flowers ◦ angry or cruel winds ◦ brooding mountains ◦ moping owls

 In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement  Although it is meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism