7Th Grade English Literary Terms

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motif

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recurring structure, contrast, or literary device in a work of literature

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blank verse

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unrhymed iambic pentameter; closest to mimicking human speech

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iambic pentameter

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10 syllables, 5 pairs of iams, unstressed/stressed

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enjambment

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not pausing at the end of lines where there is no punctuation

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ethos

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appealing to the audience's moral standing; ethics (ethos/ethical)

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pathos

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appealing to the audience's emotions (pathos/sympathy=emotional)

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logos

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using logical appeal; speaker uses knowlege and data important to its topic

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metonymy

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when a thing or concept is referred to not by its own name but by name of something closely associated with that thing "The White House said..."

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repetition

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important points of phrases are repeated to enhance effect

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antithesis

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opposition or contrast of ideas in parallel construction

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apostrophe

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direct address of an absent person instead of general audience

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apophasis

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mentioning something by saying it won't be mentioned

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aposiopesis

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stopping suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to continue or overcome with passion, fear of modesty

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simile

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a figure of speech comparing two things using like or as

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metaphor

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comparing two things without using like or as

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personification

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giving non-human things human traits

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irony

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the difference between what is said/expected and what is meant or actually happens

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rhetorical questions

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questions asked without the expectation of a reply

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sarcasm

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a form of sneering criticism in which disapproval is often expressed as ironic praise

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soliloquy

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monologue given to the audience/character is talking to himself