Literary Terms (Hyperbole - Parody)

An incredible exaggeration or overstatement.

The use of language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.

A discrepancy between appearances and reality.

When someone says one thing but means something else.

When there is a discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens.

When a character thinks one thing is true, but the audience or reader knows better.

When normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to each other.

A double negative (Not unsubstantial).

A term applied to fiction or poetry which tends to place special emphasis on a particular setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect, and landscape.

A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker.

A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it.

An atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected.

Something the appears over and over throughout a work, or in several works by one author.

The reasons for a character's behavior.

The use of words whose sounds echo their sense (Zap, Pop, Zoom).

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

A relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life.

A statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth.

The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.

A work that satirizes another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style.