BellworkLiterary Terms 11515 Define in your own words

Bellwork—Literary Terms— 1/15/15 Define, in your own words, the following terms: 1. 2. 3. 4. Simile Metaphor Tone Mood 5. 6. 7. 8. Allusion Theme Rhyme Scheme Idiom Bonus: Paradox You have 5 minutes.

REVIEW OF LITERARY TERMS Unit III: The Paradoxes of Life and Language

r o h tap A compa S e k i i l r n m ison bet u o w t e i n w t e h e l i e e M n e n g w t s t w e u o b s s i u d n n r n g o o l ike the word w aris e p h t “ m a g o s s n ” c i “like” or A us t u o h t i things w s” a “ r o ” e “lik ◦ Ex: The student gon! a r was as q d a a m s i o r u e s uiet as. h e k c. r a o e t w e y r i af e r ’ ◦ Ex: M ◦ Your w u o y , y b ords cut a b , e s u like kniv ◦ Beca es. wo rds

Mood Tone ◦ How an author feels towards a character, subject, setting ◦ How a text makes the audience feel ◦ Tone Words: amused, hopeful, proud, sympathetic, irritated, hateful, furious ◦ Mood Words: awed, excited, surprised, scared, numb, intimidated, refreshed This is entertaining. Honestly, I’m a little scared. Well, that surprised me. I am quite amused.

Th em e n o i s Allu ◦ A reference to something well known in a text. ◦ It can be done directly or indirectly The moral or central idea of a story

m o i Id e m e h c yme S Rh The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words An expression that can not be understood from the individual meaning of each word. A figure of speech. ◦ Ex: It was raining cats and dogs. ◦ My students are driving me up the wall. ◦ I’m feeling under the weather. Denoted using letters I used to be alive, but now I’m dead (at last I think)! I’m just a guy like all the rest (though true my eyes don’t blink) Everywhere I go they say I really don’t fit in The party always scatters when I arrive (I just can’t win)! A A B B

x o d a Par A statement that is self-contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. Nobody • I’m nobody. • I’m a compulsive liar—am I lying when I say that? • Nobody goes to that restaurant because it’s too crowded. • You shouldn’t go into the water until you know how to swim.