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Literary/Rhetorical Terms
Mrs. Singleton's MIDTERMSS
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English
10th Grade
12/14/2010

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alliteration
Definition
repetition of sounds
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allusion
Definition
reference to a famous person or event
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allegory
Definition
like a metaphor, but more elaborate
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analogy
Definition
compares two things that are unlike
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antagonist
Definition
the bad character or enemy in story
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apostrophe
Definition
interrupts and talks directly to someone present or absent
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assonance
Definition
similar vowel sounds repeated
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connotation
Definition
a way to signify or suggest something
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direct characterization
Definition
where you characterize a character by directly saying what they're like
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indirect characterization
Definition
where you characterize a character in a non obvious way where the reader has to form their opinion
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climax
Definition
the highest and intense point of the story
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conflict
Definition
collision or disagreement; resolved by a resolution
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diction
Definition
style of speaking or writing
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foil
Definition
a character to prevent the success of the main character
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1. verbal irony

2. situational irony

3. dramatic irony

Definition

1. speaker says something different from what he actually means

2. an outcome that comes out different that what is expected

3. where the audience knows more than the character

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juxtaposition
Definition
comparison or contrast
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metaphor
Definition
compares to two different things, speaking of one in terms of another
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motif
Definition
a recurring subject, theme, object
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mood
Definition
feeling at a particular time
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paradox
Definition
statement that seems contradictory but holds some truth
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parallelism
Definition
recurrent similarity
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hyperbole
Definition
obvious and intentional exxageration
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protagonist
Definition
leading character, hero
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repetition
Definition
repeating words, sounds, etc.
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rhetorical question
Definition
a question not answered by the writer, but the answer is obvious
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setting
Definition
surroundings of an event
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simile
Definition
comparison between two unlike things that are similar in at least one
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style
Definition
the mode of expressing through writing or speaking
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symbol
Definition
something used to represent something else
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theme
Definition
a subject, topic of something
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tone
Definition
a way of saying words in a story to arise a mood
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paraphrase
Definition
restatement of a passage or story in another form
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