enFILiterary Terms!9
alliteration : the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
simile : a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as"
metaphor : a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared NOT using "like" or "as", but mostly using "is" or "are"
theme : a central idea in a piece of writing or another work
personification : the act of giving non-human things human-like characteristics
point of view : a particular attitude or taking a position in a story
onomatopoeia : the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
narrative : a spoken or written account of connected events
lyrical : expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way
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a central idea in a piece of writing or another work
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared NOT using "like" or "as", but mostly using "is" or "are"
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as"
a particular attitude or taking a position in a story
a spoken or written account of connected events
expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way
the act of giving non-human things human-like characteristics
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words