Terms

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Imagery

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Words and phrases that describe the concrete experience of the five senses most often sight.

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Connotation

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Meaning that a word suggests beyond its literal, dictionary meaning; its emotional associations, judgement, or opinions.

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Denotation

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Dictionary meaning of a word; its explicit, literal meaning

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concrete

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(extended metaphor) is a comparison used throughout a work;

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Tone

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attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject itself or the audience, as determined by the word choice and arrangement of the piece.

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theme

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Central or dominant idea of a piece of literature, made concrete by the detail and emphasis in the work itself

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Synechdoche

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Figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole

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metaphor

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concise form of comparison equating two things that may at first seem completely dissimilar, often an abstraction and a concrete image

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simile

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comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words like or as

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personification

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a figure of speech that endows inanimate objects or abstract ideas with life or human characteristics:

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onomatopoeia

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word whose sound resembles what it describes: " snap, crackle, pop"

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Alliteration

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Repetition of consonant sounds (usually the initial sounds) in a series of word

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assonance

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repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in a series of words

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rhyme

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repetition of concluding sounds in different words, often intentionally used at the ends of poetic lines.

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Free Verse (open form)

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form of poetry that makes use of varying lines lengths, abandoning stanzic divisions, breaking lines in unexpected places, and even dispensing with any pretence of formal structure.

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Lyrical Poem

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Form of poetry, usually brief and intense, that expresses a poet's subjective response to the world. In classical times, lyrics were set to music

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narrative poem

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the "storytelling" of a piece of fiction; the forward-mvoing recounting of episode and description.

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hyperbole

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figurative language that depends on intentional overstatement

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understatement

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intentional downplaying of a situation's significance, often for ironic or humorous effects

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euphony

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Pleasant spoken sound created by smotth consonants as " ripple" or "pleasure"

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Cacophony

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harsh or unpleasant spoken sound created by clashing consonants