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15 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A literary work that has an underlying meaning beneath the literal meaning. Allegory relies heavily on symbolism to teach a lesson or illustrate an idea. Characters often represent abstract concepts such as truth, good, or evil. |
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Allusion |
Makes reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. Many works of prose and poetry contain allusions to the Bible or to classical mythology. |
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Anaphora |
The regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses. |
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Anastrophe |
Word order is reversed or rearranged. This device is what often creates confusion in Shakespeare. |
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Antithesis |
The juxtaposition of extremely contrasting ideas or opposites. |
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Aphorism |
A self-evident or universally recognized truth written in a concise manner. Aphorisms are used to make a point about a topic or issue. |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary thing or person. |
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Asyndeton |
The omission of conjunctions in order to create a rhythm to the sentence. |
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Aside |
A convention in drama whereby a character interrupts a conversation to address the audience and not the person to whom he has been talking. |
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Assonance |
Similar vowel sound in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds. |
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Character foil |
A character that both parallels and contrasts the main character in their attributes or actions. They are similar in some ways, but their differences highlights what is perhaps missing or needed in the main character. |
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Colloquial |
The use of slang or informalities in speech and writing |
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Connotation |
The implications, inferences, or suggestive meaning of words, phrases, or figures of speech. |
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Didactic |
Literature that is meant to teach, often a moral or religious lesson. |
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Diction |
The choice and arrangement of words in phrases and images or in larger units such as poetic lines and sentences. |
