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Literary Terms
literary terms a-z
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English
11th Grade
09/02/2010

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Aphorism
Definition
brief saying embodying a moral
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Allegory
Definition
narration or description with 1 meaning...hope pride youth names, deeper meaning
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allusion
Definition
brief reference to person place thing
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ambiguity
Definition
2 or more interpretations of a word, phrase
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archetype
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describes universal symbols that evoke deep responses
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biographical criticism
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approach to lit. authors backround influences work
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter. natural rhythms of english speech
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catharsis
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describes release of emotions by audience at end of tragedy (pity, fear)
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colloquial
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informal diction reflects casual language and slang
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connotation
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implications that go beyond literal meaning of word, derive from how word has been commonly used
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diolect
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informational diction
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diction
Definition
choice of words, phrases, ect
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enjambment
Definition
1 line ends without a pause and continues into next line
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fixed form
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poem categorized by pattern of lines, meter, stanzas
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paradox
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contradictory statement but then turns out right
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satire
Definition
art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it
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sonnet
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fixed form, 14 lines
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syntax
Definition
ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns
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