Language of Literary Analysis: 36 Must Know

Terms
Pick one of the words below. On a regular sheet of printer
paper:
1) Write the word (large enough to see from a
distance)
2) Define the word
3) Provide an example of the word, including a picture
4) Include a Works Cited on the back for any
resources you used (including where you got the
definition or found the example)
5) Make it colorful and neat, of high enough quality to
put it on the wall.
6) Present and explain your word to the class.
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Analogy
Antagonist
Assonance
Characterization
Colloquialism
Conflict
Connotation
Denotation
Diction

Dramatic Irony
Epithet
Foil
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Imagery
Metaphor
Myth
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Paradox
Personification

Point Breakdown: 25 points

Plot (Elements of)

Point of View
Protagonist
Pun
Satire
Setting
Simile
Situational Irony
Symbolism
Theme
Tone
Verbal Irony

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accuracy of definition
accuracy of example
for works cited
for effectiveness of presentation
for quality and effort