Literary Terms #2

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Connotation

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Idea or feeling that a word invokes

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Consonance

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Repetition of similar consonant sounds, with changes in intervening vowel sounds
ex: last but not least

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Denotation

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Dictionary meaning of a word

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Didactic

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Describes literary works meant to teach a moral lesson
ex: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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Double-Entendre

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Word or phrase that has two interpretations, one of which is usually risque

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Ellipsis

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Three dots to show words have been left out of a quotation or to indicate the passage of time

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Epigram

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Witty, often paradoxical saying or brief poem
ex: absence makes the heart grow fonder - of somebody else

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Epitaph

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Inscription on tombstone or marker of the dead

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Euphemism

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Mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
ex: "lady of the evening" instead of prostitute

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Foil

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-prevent from succeeding
-character opposite or different from the protagonist, used to highlight the protagonist's traits

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Homonyms

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Words that sound and are spelt the same but have a different meaning
ex: fair

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Homophones

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Words that sound alike but have different meanings and spelling
ex: heir and air

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Hyperbole

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Use of extreme exaggeration for effect

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Idiom

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Phrase in common use that does not literally mean what it says
ex: raining cats and dogs

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Imagery

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Creation of mental pictures by pertinent word choice and heightened description

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Irony

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Phrases or words with meanings quite different from what is actually stated

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Jargon

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Words peculiar to any peculiar occupation
ex: doctor uses the word "stat"

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Metaphor

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Comparison of unlike things without using the words like or as
ex: Juliet is the sun

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Oxymoron

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Use of paradoxical or opposite words for effect
ex: cruel kindness