Matching Pairs Literary terms card matchingOnline version Match the literary term to the description or example. by Ruth North 1 Theme 2 Tone 3 Figurative language 4 Symbol 5 Metaphor 6 Narrator 7 Syntax 8 Onomatopoeia 9 Irony 10 Simile 11 Personification 12 Alliteration 13 Assonance 14 Anthropomorphism 15 Genre 16 Rhyme 17 Imagery 18 Rhythm Language that uses figures of speech such as similes and metaphors. Animals or objects actually doing something human e.g. speaking, wearing clothes, going shopping. Rhyming vowel sounds in a phrase, line or sentence e.g. “Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight” (Notorious B.I.G, Juicy) A simple image which stands for something else e.g. a cross = Christianity, sunset = dying, a dog = faithfulness Words with the same sound at the end of the word e.g. moon, June, tune The beat – the natural rise and fall on stressed and unstressed syllables. The overall idea or concept of a piece of work e.g. the theme of Othello is jealousy. A comparison that doesn’t use the words “like” or “as”. Example: she was a tornado of energy A comparison that uses the words “like” or “as” e.g. he was like an eager puppy The type of text e.g. horror, romance, epic poem, elegy Sentence structure – word order and grammar e.g. “When 900 years old you reach, look as good, you will not” (Yoda, Star Wars) The person relating the story – can be outside the story or a character. Matching initial consonant sounds e.g. “Full fathom five thy father lies” (Shakespeare, The Tempest) Using language to paint a picture. The overall feeling, attitude or mood of a text. Saying the opposite of what is meant. Sarcasm is a form of this. Words that sound like sounds: bang! splosh! whoosh! trickle It only seems as if animals or objects are doing something human e.g. “The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window panes” (T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock).
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