LIT TERMS	DEFINITONS
HYPERBOLE	An exaggeration
METONOMY	Reference using things most commonly recognized together
ALLITERATION	Repetition of consonant sounds (not A,E,O,I,U)
APOSTROPHE	When an Author talks to something that isn’t there as if it was
ALLUSION	A widely recognized reference to a date person place or thing specific to the example
ANTHROPOMORPHISM	Taking an object and giving it human and animal traits not (but not thought and emotion)
OXYMORON	Two contradicting words (Freezer burn)
PARADOX	?. . .aha! Sounds puzzling but then begins to make sense
ANALOGY	Extended comparison between two unlike things to show how they are alike
PERSONIFICATION	Giving thought and emotion to an object
ANECDOTE	An entertaining story with a lesson, and a point
PUN	Play on words: same words with different meanings or same sounding words
SIMILE	A comparison between unlike things (as, like, than, resemble)
METAPHOR	A comparison between unlike things directly stated
EUPHEMISM	A nicer way if saying something
EPHIPHET	A nickname for something or someone
UNDERSTATMENT	Saying less than what truly happened, being modest
CLICHÉ	Overused word or phrase or idea
ASSONONCE	Repition of vowel sounds (A, E, I, O, U)
INCONGRUITY	Something that doesn’t go together, something that stands out