Literature upcoming exams

• Alliteration: The repetition of consonant letters at the beginning of words.
• Simile: Comparing 2 unlike things using like or as
• Metaphor: Comparing 2 unlike things NOT using like or as
• Onomatopeia: Words that imitate sounds
• Oxymoron: Expressions that contradict eachother
• Hyperbole: Extreme exaggeration
• Personification: Giving human qualities to non-humans
• Antagonist: The bad guy
• Protagonist: Main character, usually the good guy
• Internal Conflict: Man vs Self
• Internal Conflict Definition: Character who has a problem with themselves (low self- esteem, mind-battles, etc.
• External Conlifct: Man vs Man
• External Conflict Definition: Character who has a problem with someone else
• Man vs Society: Character has a problem with the law
• Man vs Nature: Character has a problem with nature (weather, animals etc)
• Man vs Technology: Character has a problem with Technology (robots, computers, etc)
• Man vs Supernatural: Character has a problem with ghosts or things in the Spirit realm
• Speaker: Someone who is the voice of the poem. The speaker is often the poet. However, it can be a character in the poem.
• Stanzas: Are groups of lines in a poem
• Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyme in a poem. Words with the same rhyme get the same letter
• Repetition: Used for emphasis in poetry. The Poet repeats the same words, lines, stanzas or phrases
• Figurative Language: used words and expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
• Literal Language: means exactly what it says (eg: today is Thursday)
• Metaphor: A comparison between two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’. It states one thing IS another thing