Literary TermsGroup 4

Foreshadowing

Author’s use of clues to hint at what is to happen later.

John 1:29

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the

Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’”

Free Verse

Poetry that has no regular meter or rhyme scheme

Free verse is poetry written without proper rules about form,

rhyme, meter, etc.

Psalm 139:1-6

1 O LORD, you have searched me        and you know me.  2 You know when I

sit and when I rise;        you perceive my thoughts from afar.

 3 You discern my going out and my lying down;

       you are familiar with all my ways.  4 Before a word is on my tongue

       you know it completely, O LORD.  5 You hem me in—behind and before;        you have laid your hand upon me.

 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,        too lofty for me to attain.

Haiku

Japanese verse form:•3 unrhymed lines

•5 syllables•7 syllables•5 syllables

“The Rose”

by

Donna Brock

 

The red blossom bends

and drips its dew to the ground.

 Like a tear it falls

Historical Fiction

A narrative with a historical setting and some

historical characters, but the plot is fictionalized

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for effect

If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a thousand times!