Literary Terms I Don't Know For Schumacker's Test

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Allusion

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an implied or indirect reference especially in literature
An allusion is used in The Winds Of war when describing Hitler as Charlie Chaplin.

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Apostrophe

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the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically
“Where is my freedom?” was used as an apostrophe

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Euphemism

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the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

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Litotes

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understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in “not a bad singer” or “not unhappy”)

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symbol

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something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance; especially : a visible sign of something invisible <the lion is a symbol of courage>
Her heart grew like a red rose.

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Synecdoche

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a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
As dance is for choreography

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Metonymy

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a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated
as “crown” in “lands belonging to the crown”

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Anaphora

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repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect <Lincoln's “we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground” is an example of anaphora>

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Anecdote

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- a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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anticlimax

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the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea; also : an instance of this transition

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incident

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an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience

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motivation

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the act of something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act
5. narrative voice - another name for the persona telling the story.

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Objective

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something toward which effort is directed : an aim, goal, or end of action

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Stream-of-consciousness

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the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind

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Subplot

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a subordinate plot in fiction or drama