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Sonya J's --Literary Terms :)
Various literary terms, commonly seen on the AP english exams
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English
12th Grade
04/29/2009

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Allegory
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Allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.
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Alliteration
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Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.
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Allusion
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Allusion is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work.
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Antithesis
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A contrast of ideas or words
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Internal Rhyme
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Is a rhyme within a single line
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Foil
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A character that contrasts another character. Particularly a major character to a minor character that highlights attributes each of them lack
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Juxtaposition
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When a theme or idea is paralleled to another
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Mood
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The emotional attitude the author exudes through his work
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Motif
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A dominent theme or reoccuring thematic element in a literary work
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Tone
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the attitude expressed according to the events occuring within the work
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