Literary Terms
Match the term with the correct definition.

Term
 Definitions
  1. Image 
  2. Metaphor 
  3. Mood 
  4. Personification 
  5. Simile 
  6. Symbol 
  7. Theme 
  8. Tone 
  9. Alliteration 
  10. Point of view
  1. The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express.
  2. Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
  3. The repitition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
  4. The comparison of two unlike things.
  5. A manner of viewing things, a position from which something is observed or considered, the attitude or outlook of a narrator or character.
  6. Using an object or action that means something more that its literal meaning.
  7. Language that evokes one or all of the five senes: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching.
  8. The emotional attitude the author takes towards his subject.
  9. The attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, solemn, objective
  10. The comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

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