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Details Title: Literary Terms 1-30 Description: Kinda self explanitory Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 09/29/2004 15:11:21	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Accent Definition The stressed portion of a word Term Allegory Definition Where characters, events and settings represent abstract qualities. Writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, political, social or satiric Term Alliteration Definition The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to one another; for example, “beautiful blossoms blooming between the bushes” Term Allusion Definition A reference to another work or famous figure assumed to be well known enough to be recognized by the reader Term Anachronism Definition An event, object, custom, person or thing that is out of order in time; some anachronisms are unintentional, such as when an actor performing Shakespeare forgets to take off his watch; others are deliberately used to achieve a humorous or satiric effect, such as the sustained anachronism of Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Author’s Court Term Analogy Definition lala Term Anecdote Definition j Term Antagonist Definition j Term Aphorism Definition k Term Apostrophe Definition d Term Aside Definition s Term Assonance Definition jh Term Blank Verse Definition df