Literary+vocabulary+for+poetry+and+narratives


 * __Allegory__-** Allegory is a story or poem in which the character's setting or events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. (stories used to teach lessons)-Examples: Greek Myths, Ancient tales etc.

Examples: Peter Piper picked pickled peppers, She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
 * __Alliteration__**- Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in a sequence of words (usually at the beginning).


 * __Conflict__**- Conflict is the opposition between characters or forces, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot (the problem that drives the story). Examples: Good vs. Evil, Protagonist vs. Antagonist.

Examples: Foreshadowing is when you use words to build suspense or imply that something is going to happen.
 * __Connotation__**- Connotation's are the associations and implications with the word outside the dictionary definitions.

Example: Run (verb)- to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
 * __Denotation__**- Denotation is the dictionary definition of a word (it's direct meaning).

__**Foreshadowing**__- Use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story, often used to build suspense or tension in a story. Example: There was a boy named John, he loved to skip rocks. One day he found a perfectly flat rock, what might //that// be used for.

Examples: He was a giant, it smelled like rotten eggs, my muscles felt like they were being torn off my bones.
 * __Hyperbole__**- A hyperbole is an exaggeration that adds emphasis without literally being true.


 * __Imagery__**- Imagery is the mental pictures that writers paint, imagery is all the sensory perceptions in text: visual, olfactory, auditory, gustatory, tactile, thermal, and kinesthetic sensation. Example: The steaming, fresh, perfectly cooked tan chicken was served for dinner.

Examples: The ground was soft, the bug was huge.
 * __Metaphor__**- A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.


 * __Onomatopoeia__**- Onomatopoeia is the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or sounds which the refer to. Examples: buzz, whack, smack, zzzzz, rrrrufff, mooooooo, baahhahahahaa.

__**Oxymoron**__- A shortened form of paradox in which two contradictory or opposite words are used together. Examples: Plastic glasses, peace force, silent scream.

Examples: When I looked at my clock, it said, "You're late, hurry up."
 * __Personification__**- A figure of speech in which animals, ideas, or inanimate objects are given human characteristics, abilities, or reactions.

Examples: The author talking using the words I, for first person, You, for second person, or him/her for third person.
 * __Point of View__**- Point of view is the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered in the story.

__**Satire**__- Witty language used to convey insults or scorn. Example: The Monkey King is considered to be a form of political satire.

Examples: the dog was like a king, or the monkey walked like a human.
 * __Simile__**- Simile's are comparisons between two words using the words like, as, appears, than, and seems.

Examples: In **//__A Step From Heaven__//** the words Sea and Heaven are strong symbols throughout the book.
 * __Symbol__**- A symbol is an object or action that means or stands for something more significant or meaningful.