Literary Terms

You need to learn the basic literary terms (not all, but the most common ones) in order to discuss and write about stories and poetry.

A very good definition and example of  connotation can be found  here

Try this quiz on literary terms.  It is a good review before mid-term exams.  You won't know all the terms, but you can guess some of them.   Here   is another one.

Here is a good glossary of literary terms with definitions and examples.   Explore the poetry lesson link on the page as well.