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Absolute |
Word free from limitations/qualifications |
Best, perfect, unique |
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Abstract Diction |
Writing doesn't create precise image; left open for interpretation |
"Trust was shattered" |
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Concrete Diction |
Writing stimulates sensory response in reader |
"You'll always step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close" |
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Allegory |
Literary work where abstractions are represented by objects, chars, and/or actions |
Pilgrim's Progress protagonist Christian represents all Christians |
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Anachronism |
Error in time in literary piece |
Chronos- time; iPhone appears in 1950 |
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Anadiplosis |
Last word of one clause begins the next |
Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering" |
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Anaphora |
Words/phrases repeated at beginning of consecutive lines or sentences |
I am happy, I am weightless, I am free |
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Anecdote |
Brief personal narrative that focuses on specific incident or event |
"When I was a boy....." |
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Antithesis |
Statement with opposing, however balanced ideas |
"Best of times and the worst of times" |
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Aposiopesis |
Figure of speech; writer or speaker breaks off abruptly and is left incomplete |
I didn't do it! I mean- no I didn't do it |
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Aphorism |
Concise and easy to remember statement about general truth or idea |
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise |
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Asyndeton |
Syntactical structure where conjunctions are omitted |
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Catharsis |
Purification of emotions though experience gained from watching a tragedy |
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Chiasmus |
Statement with two parallel parts where second part is structurally reversed |
Out went the taper as she hurried in |
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Climax(Syntactic) |
Increase of meaning in successive clauses |
We talked, we debated, we argued, we fought |
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Conceit |
Fanciful extended metaphor |
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Deus Ex Machina |
Implausible concept or divine character introduced into storyline to resolve conflict and create interesting outcome |
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Didactic |
Teaching |
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Elegy |
Poem mourns the death of person or laments lost |
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Ellipsis |
Omission of word/phrase that is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from context |
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Enjambment |
Poetic device, lines flow without syntactical breaks |
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Epistrophe |
Repetition of a phrase at end of successive sentences |
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Epithet |
Adjective that becomes part of name |
Fat Amy |
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Analepsis |
Flashback |
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Prolepsis |
Flash-forward |
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Frame Story |
Story within a story |
Canterbury Tales has many little stories |
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Hamartia |
Tragic flaw |
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Homily |
Sermon designed to edify on practical matter, or lecture involving moral/spiritual advice |
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Hubris |
Specific form of tragic flaw; pride and arrogance |
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In media res |
Start story in the middle then using flashback to show previous events |
Forest Gump |
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Invective |
Intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack |
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Isocolon/tricolon |
Parallel structure where parallel elements are similar in both grammatical structure and length; for tricolon only two must have same length |
I came I saw I conquered |
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Jargon |
Specialized language of particular group |
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Juxtaposition |
Placing elements side by side to present comparison or contrast |
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Literary License |
Deviation from normal literary rules to achieve specific effects |
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Litotes |
Understatement type; something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite |
My parents were not overjoyed when I came home three hours past my curfew |
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Loose Sentence |
Main clause with characterizing phrases/clauses following it |
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Malapropism |
Mistaken use of one similar-sounding word for another |
Doctor wrote a subscription |
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Metonymy |
Substituting name of object for another that is closely related |
White house issued a statement today |
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Octave |
8 line stanza or poem |
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Parenthetical word/phrase/clause |
Comment that interrupts immediate subject to clarify |
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Pastiche |
Literary piece that imitates another to honor that piece |
A nod in a respected piece's direction |
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Pathetic Fallacy |
Personification; gives human emotions to inanimate objects and nature |
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Pedantic |
Excessive display of learning or scholarship |
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Periodic Sentence |
Main clause/predicate is at the end |
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Polysyndeton |
For rhetorical effect; use of more conjunctions than necessary |
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Purple Prose/Patch |
Extravagant writing that breaks flow of narrative to call attention to itself, uses pathos |
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Quatrain |
4 line stanza or poem; four lines in a group unified by rhyme scheme |
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Solecism |
Nonstandard grammatical usage |
Funner |
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Syllogism |
Logical argument where conclusion is based on major and minor premise |
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Syllepsis |
Linking one word with two other words in two very different ways |
He lost his coat and his temper |
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Symploce |
Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe |
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Synecdoche |
Use one part to represent the whole |
Get your butt over here |
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Synesthesia |
Describing one sensation as you would another |
Sweet sound |
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Tautology |
Needless repetition that adds no meaning or understanding |
Free gift; widow woman; close proximity |
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Villanelle |
Poem with 19 lines and fixed form. Five tercets, one quatrain. Has intro development and conclusion |
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Zeugma |
Construction where a word is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated |
I hate doing homework and the taste of coffee |
