1. English III
Literary Terms

2. Alliteration – Repetition of sounds
Allusions – Figure of speech that references outside information, such as a person or event
Allegory – A work, or character, that has both literal and figurative meaning
Analogy – A comparison
Anaphora – Repetition of the beginning of the phrase
Apostrophe – A figure of speech that addresses a person (usually but not always absent)

3. Chiasmus – when the subject and the verb are flipped Connotation – Emotional implications that a word carries
Conceit – An unexpected comparison
Epistrophe – Repetition of the end of the phrase
Hyperbole – Exaggerated overstatement
Imagery – Collection of visual images
Irony – Reality different from appearence
Metonomy – When an object represents the person or subject

4. Motif – a repeating symbol or idea in a text
Paradox – A contradictory statement that is actually true (“I can resist everything except temptation” Wilde)
Personification – Giving human characteristics to a nonliving subject
Symbol – object or idea that represents itself and an abstract idea
Synecdoche – When a part symbolizes the whole

5. Satire – Humorous way of holding up human vice for criticism Tone – Author’s attitude toward a subject