English Terminology Terms To Study

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Alliteration

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Words that begin with the same letter, in a sentence.

(Example) "Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August."

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Allusion

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1.An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

(Example) “I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.” This refers to the horse that the Greeks built that contained all the soldiers. It was given as a gift to the enemy during the Trojan War and, once inside the enemy's walls, the soldiers broke out. By using trickery, the Greeks won the war.

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Blank Verse

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Blank Verse is Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank verse is often unobtrusive and the iambic pentameter form often resembles the rhythms of ordinary speech. William Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse. Sounding like du DUM du Dum du DUm (so on)

(Example) What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over-there it is in the water!

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Cliche

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A overused statement or obvious remark.

(Example) "What goes around comes around."

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Connotation

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1.An idea that is strongly suggested.
2.The implication of such ideas or feelings
(Example) Happy: So why do they call him "The Joker"?
Dopey: I heard he wears make-up.
Happy: Make-up?
Dopey: Yeah, to scare people. You know, war paint.

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Donotation

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The implication of such ideas or feelings.

(Example) •"You know a phrase I never understood? King size. It's used to denote something larger, but most of the kings you see are short. You ever notice that? Usually a king is a short little fat guy."

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Expository

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A peice of writing that explains something.
An essay is an example.

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First person point of view

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Narration from the perspective of "I" or "We."

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Second person point of view

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Story told from the perspective of "you"

(Example) Lorrie Moore's "How to Become a Writer."

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Third person point of view

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narrator is removed from the story (he, she, they, him, her...)

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Limited point of view

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the narrative is related within the limits of what they have experienced, thought and felt by a single character who is part of the story he or she relates. For example, The Go-Between is told from the limited point of view of Leo Colston.

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Omniscient point of view

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Point of view in which an authorial voice reveals all the characters' thoughts; may include commentary by the author.

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exageration. (Yo Momma jokes)

(Example) "I am hungry, I can eat a horse"