Literary padlet by Alexsandra Utter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc 15 Literary terms with definitions and examples. en-us 2017-04-03 19:59:36 UTC 2026-01-06 20:30:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Imagery aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164469672 Through Imagery a reader can visualize what they are reading using any of the 5 senses. 

"His eyes were a dark glistening caramel brown"]]> 2017-04-03 20:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164469672 Simile aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164472493 Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"]]> 2017-04-03 20:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164472493 Metaphor aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164472494 Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as" 

"He needed to plug in his battery"]]> 2017-04-03 20:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164472494 Alliteration aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164666579 Repeating a consonant sound in close proximity to others, or beginning several words with the same vowel sound.

"Buckets of big blue berries"]]> 2017-04-04 16:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164666579 Personification aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164669905 Giving inanimate objects human qualities

"the flowers are dancing in the wind"]]> 2017-04-04 16:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164669905 Irony aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164671322 use of the words in such a way in which the intended meaning is completely opposite to their literal meaning.


"The bread is soft as a stone"]]> 2017-04-04 16:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164671322 Hyperbole aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164672341 exaggeration of actions and ideas for the sake of emphasis

"This bag ways a ton"]]> 2017-04-04 16:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164672341 Allusion aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164674645 a reference to a well known person or thing.

"The city that never sleeps"]]> 2017-04-04 16:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164674645 Anaphora aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164676449 the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines to create a sonic effect.

"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina"]]> 2017-04-04 17:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164676449 Euphemism aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164680640 The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.

(Using 'passed away" instead of "died")]]> 2017-04-04 17:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164680640 Onomatopoeia aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164681406 The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

(Using words as “buzz” or “boom,” always mimic the noises to which they refer)
]]> 2017-04-04 17:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164681406 Paradox aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164681916 A statement that appears to contradict itself. 

"He's 'bittersweet'"

]]> 2017-04-04 17:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164681916 Understatement aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164682337 A writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.


]]> 2017-04-04 17:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164682337 Oxymoron aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164682802 Contradictory terms appear side by side.


]]> 2017-04-04 17:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164682802 Metonymy aleutter https://padlet.com/aleutter/2u689u7mm7lc/wish/164683129 One word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated


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