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Literary Terms

Literary Terms . Understand the Literary Terms with an interactive PowerPoint! . Introduction. This tool is to help you understand the different literary devices. . Navigation. Click this button to go to the next slide. Click this button to go to the main menu.

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms Understand the Literary Terms with an interactive PowerPoint!

  2. Introduction This tool is to help you understand the different literary devices.

  3. Navigation Click this button to go to the next slide. Click this button to go to the main menu. Click this button to go to the previous slide.

  4. Main Menu Literary Terms Quiz

  5. Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of the same sounds or same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. Ex.) On scrolls of silver snowy sentences (Hart Crane).

  6. Allusion An allusion is an incidental mention or reference to something in literature. Ex.) “Christy didn’t like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.” The allusion in this sentence is the reference to Scrooge. The name should bring to a mind a person that is frugal and cheap. However, this allusion will not work unless the reader is familiar with ‘A Christmas Carol.’

  7. Personification Giving human-like qualities to an inanimate object. The curtains danced in the wind as an eerie fog crept over the city of London.

  8. Foreshadowing Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later on in the literature. Ex.) Foreshadowing can be used in dealing with bad omens, such as a dark, stormy night, or a weapon shown in the beginning of the literature that would plant an idea in the reader’s mind.

  9. Hyperbole Hyperbole is simply defined as an exaggeration or overstatement. Ex.) I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.

  10. Metaphor A metaphor is when a comparison is made between two unlike things. Ex.) Life is a journey, a dance, a dream.

  11. Simile Comparison between two unlike things using like or as. John sleeps like a log. Jenny is as wise as an owl.

  12. Symbolism Anything that stands for something else. A flag symbolizes a country. A dove is a symbol for peace. We can see the dove, but peace is hard to depict.

  13. Congratulations! You have just finished learning about eight new literary terms! Now return to the main menu to take a quiz on these Literary Terms.

  14. Question # 1 Which literary term is in the following sentence: Rabbits running over roses angers Roger. Personification B. Alliteration C. Metaphor

  15. CORRECT! The repetition of the “r” lets us know that it is alliteration. Click next to go on to the next question.

  16. Incorrect! Nothing is being personified in this sentence. Try again!

  17. Incorrect! Not quite, try again for the correct answer!

  18. Question # 2 What literary term is being used in this sentence: The sparkling voice of the snow echoes as it falls through the air. A. Metaphor B. Hyperbole C. Personification

  19. Incorrect! This is not an example of a metaphor. Try again!

  20. CORRECT! Way to go! The sentence is personifying the snow by saying that it has a voice as it falls through the air. Click the next button to move to the nextquestion.

  21. Incorrect! Nothing in this sentence is being exaggerated. Try again!

  22. Question # 3 What is the definition of an allusion? A. Hinting at what will come later in the story. B. Hinting at what has already been mentioned in the literature. C. An incidental mention or reference to something in literature.

  23. CORRECT! Great job! To understand an allusion, you have to have knowledge of the idea or theory that the author is hinting at.

  24. Incorrect! Try Again! This would be closer to the definition of a flashback.

  25. Incorrect! Not quite! This is the definition for foreshadowing.

  26. Question # 4 Which literary term does this sentence represent? I would give my right arm to go to that concert. A. Personification B. Symbolism C. Hyperbole

  27. CORRECT! Good job! This is an extreme exaggeration.

  28. Incorrect! Not quite! No human-like qualities are being given to inanimate objects in this sentence. Try again!

  29. Incorrect! Nothing is being symbolized here. Try again!

  30. Congratulations! You have learned eightnew literary terms that we will be concentrating on for the remainder of the school year! Now, on a separate sheet of paper, individually create your own examples of each of the eight literary terms: Alliteration Allusion Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Foreshadowing Symbolism

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