English 2 Spring Semester Review 

Theme:​ an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art 

or literature. 
Personification:​ the attribution of a personal nature or 
human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the 
representation of an abstract quality in human form. 
Metaphor:​ a figure of speech in which a word or phrase 
is applied to an object or action to which it is not 
literally applicable. 
Plot Structure:​ the main events of a play, novel, movie, or 
similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an 
interrelated sequence. 
Allusion:​ an expression designed to call something to mind 
without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing 
reference. 
Mood:​ a literary element that evokes certain feelings or 
vibes in readers through words and descriptions. 
Point of View:​ the narrator's position in relation to a story 
being told. 
Simile:​ a figure of speech involving the comparison of 
one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to 
make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave 
as a lion, crazy like a fox ). 
Foil:​ a character that has characteristics that oppose 
another character, usually the protagonist. 
Imagery:​ visually descriptive or figurative language, 
especially in a literary work. 
Oxymoron:​ a figure of speech in which apparently 
contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith 
unfaithful kept him falsely true ). 
Hyperbole:​ exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be 
taken literally. 
Onomatopoeia:​ the formation of a word from a sound 
associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).