Literary terms are an important method of projecting a variety of emotions onto a piece of literature. It is important when it comes to determining the tone or the meaning behind it. They are a necessity in writing because it strengthens the point that the writer is trying to convey. When a story is being told, there is most likely going to be a tone that the writer and the reader will want to hear in order to understand the story's value. In Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, he gives off a sad and gloomy tone because of the words he uses. The literary term known as personification is used when Poe says "But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word" (1845, line 61). The overall feeling is dark