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12th Grade
10/07/2010

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Allegory
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A story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meaning.
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Alliteration
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Used for poetic effect. A repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group.

 

Ex- "I have stood still and stopped the sound feet."

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Allusion
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A reference in one literacy work to a character or theme found in another literary work.
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Aphorism
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Brief, pithy, usually concise statement or observation of a doctrine, principle, truth, or sentiment. usually not anonymous.

 

Ex-"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

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Assonance
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Repetition of the same sound inwords close to eachother.

 

Ex- "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done."

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Catharsis
Definition

Any emotional dischrage which brings about a moral or spiritual renewal or welcome relief from tension and anxiety.

 

Ex- Dimmesdales Final speech/confession.

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colloquial
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A word or phrase used in an easy, informal style of writing or speaking.

 

 

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Ambiguity
Definition

statement in which there is two or more meanings.

 

 

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Analogy
Definition
comparison or two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying an unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how they are similar.
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Anaphora
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It is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences to emphasize an image or a concept.

 

Ex- "We sha'll not flag or fail. We sha'll go on to the end. We sha'll never surrender."

-Winston Churchill 

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Anecdote
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A short account (or narrative) of an interesting or amusing incident, often intended to illustrate or support some point.

 

Ex- A diary entry

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antagonist
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Person or force which opposes he protagonist in literacy work.

 

Ex- The cold, in Jack London's To Build a Fire, is the antagonist which defeats the man on the trail.

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anthropormism
Definition

Form of personification that gives human characteristics to non-humans.

 

Ex- George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Antihero
Definition

A main character in a dramatic or narrative work who is characterized by a lack of traditional heroic qualities, such as idealism or courage.

 

Ex- Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby

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Antithesis
Definition

A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.

 

 

 

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