English Literary Terms

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allusion

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An indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not actually mentioned.

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puns

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A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

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vividness

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presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit
strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible

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symbolic

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serving as a symbol of something
f, pertaining to, or expressed by a symbol

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allegorical

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serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening

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irony

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a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion

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understandment

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to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms

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paradox

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a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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tone

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a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; mood
prevailing character or style, as of manners, morals, or philosophical outlook

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alliteration

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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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rhymes

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A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines.

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meter

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The highly organized rhythm characteristic of verse; the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.

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form

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a thought, conception, or notion