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Details Title: Vocab_1-15 Description: Elements of Literature and Composition Total Flash Cards: 15 Created: 11/19/2007 19:09:02	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 stress given a syllable in pronunciation Term Allegory Definition a story in which people, things, and events have another meaning Term Alliteration Definition the repetition of initial consonant sounds within a line of poetry Term Allusion Definition a reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history Term Ambiguity Definition language that gives more than one meaning, that leaves uncertainty as to meaning, alternate meanings to words, and that gives several streams of thought from the same word Term Ambivalence Definition present when people have contradictory attitudes or emotions toward the same thing or person at the same time Term Analogy Definition a comparison of two things, alike in certain aspects; particularly a method of exposition by which one familiar object or idea is explained by comparing it in certain of its similarities with other objects more familiar Term Anecdote Definition a short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event which differs from a short story in that it lacks complicated plot and is unified in its presentation of time and place elements and in its relation of a single purpose. Term Antagonist Definition the character in fiction who stands directly opposed to the protagonist (need not be a villain) Term Anti-hero Definition a graceless, inept, sometimes stupid or dishonest protagonist who is opposite of a traditional hero. ex: Shrek Term Antithesis Definition a figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas; a balance of one term against another for impressiveness and emphasis Term Apollonian Definition when applied to literature, it stands for reason, order, culture, and moral rectitude Term Apocalyptic Definition literature concerned with predicting the ultimate destiny of the world, imminent catastrophe, and final judgment on mankind Term Apostrophe Definition figure of speech in which someone (usually absent), some abstract quality, or a non-existent personage is directly addressed as though alive and capable of understanding Term Archetype Definition an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore and is, therefore, believed to evoke profound emotions in the reader since it awakens a primordial image in the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illogical but strong responses