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Literary Term (selective)
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English
12th Grade
05/05/2009

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Alliteration
Definition
repetition of consonants
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Allegory
Definition
story with literal and symbolic meaning
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Allusion
Definition
reference to a well-known person, place, and event
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Anagram
Definition
word or phrase with letter transposed (weird --> wired)
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Analogy
Definition
comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship (hot:cold)
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Anaphora
Definition
repetition of words and phrases
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Anastrophe
Definition
inversion of normal word order
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Aphorism
Definition
short moral phrase/story
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Apostrophe
Definition
address of a non-existent person/thing
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Assonance
Definition
repetition of vowel sounds
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Asyndeton
Definition
lack of conjunctions
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Cacophony
Definition
harsh, discord sound
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Chiasmus
Definition
"flowers are lovely, love is flowerlike"
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Consonance
Definition
repetition of consonant sounds
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Metonymy
Definition
substituting a word for another closely associated word
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Juxtaposition
Definition
placed side to side for comparison
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Euphony
Definition
pleasing, pleasant sound
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Euphemism
Definition
substituting a less offensive word in place of the original offensive word
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Verisimilitude
Definition
appearance of truth
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Synecdoche
Definition
using a part to represent the whole
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
rhymed words at the end of the line(s)
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Polysyndeton
Definition
excessive use of conjunctions
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Periodic Structure
Definition
main clause held at the end
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