6 th grade reading seth. the repetition of the same of very similar consonant sounds in world that...

6th Grade Reading Seth

Handbook of Literary Terms

The repetition of the same of very similar consonant sounds in world that are close together.

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Alliteration

A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or of a particular group of people

“ Wese skeered to walk de earth.” from How The Snake Got Poison.

Dialect

Language that appeals to the senses-sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell

The Man stood 6 ft. 5 with a musky smell and wild hair like bed-head. His skin was wrinkly like an old man.

Imagery

A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing

My family is as tight as a pack of wolves.

Metaphor

The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning

“Boom!” the gun sounded as the bullet hit the target.

Onomatopoeia

A special kind of metaphor which a nonhuman or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive

The trees whispered amongst themselves.

Personification

A comparison between two unlike thins using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles

McDonalds is like Burger King.

Simile

In a poem, a group of lines that form a unit

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue,

I like this poem. and so should you

Stanza

A person, a place, a thing, or as event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well

Batman signal’s two meanings are a bat and a call for Batman.

Symbol

A truth about life revealed in a work of literature.

The theme on page 422 is “This is a life story of Hans Christian Anderson.”

Theme

A story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and superheroes.

Zeus is a Greek Myth.

Myth