Literary Elements Flashcards
Simile
Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”
Metaphor
A comparison between two things NOT using “like” or “as”
Hyperbole
an extreme exaggeration
Idiom
a famous saying or common expression
Personification
giving human like qualities to an object
Onomatopoeia
a word that references a sound being made
Allusion
a reference to another text
Alliteration
the repetition of beginning sounds
Assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
the repetition of consonant sounds
Irony
the opposite of what one expects to happen, happens
Pun
a word employed in two senses
Oxymoron
two words with opposing meaning right next to each other
Antithesis
two words with opposite meaning in the same sentence, but not right next to each other
Imagery
painting a picture with words
Rhythm/Meter
the flow of sound in which the writer chooses to arrange words
Rhyme
the pattern of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
