| literary term | meaning |
| tele | far |
| bene | good |
| irony | when something you expect to happen doesnt happen. |
| IMAGEry | language that makes word pictures in your mind and relates to the 5 senses...(The sun could fry and egg on the concrete) |
| Cliche` | an over used phrase(Don't count your chickens before they hatch) |
| metaphor | a comparison between two things stating something as it is(i.e. Elane is a bear in the morning) |
| simile | a comparison that uses like or as .(David is as sweet as an angel in the morning) |
| conflict | problem in the story or novel |
| alliteration | repetition of the first consenant sound in a sentence(i.e. peter piper picked a peck of purple pumpkins) |
| personification | giving human traits to non living things |
| foreshadowing | hints or clues to whats coming next |
| pun | a play on words |
| dramatic | when the audience knows something that the character doesnt |
| situational | when a situation is involved in the story |
| verbal | saying one thing to mean another |
| idiom | a phrase that cannot be understood as a whole. |
| suspense | waiting to find out what is going to happen next. |
| inferring | an estimated guess on whats going to happen next. |
| mood | how the reader feels about the story |
| symbolism | practices and principles im art or character.(showing love or appreciation for something) |
