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Exploring Key Literary Terms: Definitions and Examples

This concise review covers essential literary terms, providing definitions and illustrative examples for each. Terms discussed include alliteration, assonance, allusion, antagonist, protagonist, foreshadowing, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, personification, and satire. Each term is essential for understanding literature and enhances the appreciation of texts by highlighting stylistic devices used by authors. This guide serves as a valuable resource for students, educators, and literature enthusiasts seeking to deepen their understanding of literary elements.

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Exploring Key Literary Terms: Definitions and Examples

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  1. Literary Terms A Review

  2. Alliteration • The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables • Example: The lamb was wild and woolly.

  3. Assonance • The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words. • Example: If I bleat when I speak it’s because I just got…fleeced.

  4. Allusion • A figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, people, places, events, literary works, myths, or works of art. • Example: Martin Luther King, Jr. alluded to the Gettysburg Address when he stated “Five score years ago” in his “I Have a Dream” speech.

  5. Antagonist • A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent, adversary • Example: Andy in Speak

  6. Protagonist • The principal character in a literary work • Example: Melinda in Speak

  7. Foreshadowing • The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen in the future • In the opening of The Wizard of Oz, the transformation of Miss Gulch into a witch on a broomstick foreshadows her reappearance as Dorothy's enemy in Oz.

  8. Metaphor • Compares two unlike things • Example: He’s drowning in money. 

  9. Simile • A figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as“ • Example: Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.

  10. Onomatopoeia • The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it  • Examples: Buzz, hiss

  11. Personification • Giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects. • Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

  12. Satire • The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in  exposing, condemning, or scorning vice, folly, etc. • Examples: • “Weekend Update” from Saturday Night Live • The Daily Show • The movie Scary Movie • The movies of Austin Powers • Most political cartoons in newspapers and magazines • The songs of Weird Al Yankovic

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