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Literary Terms
Mr. Hines English 10
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English
10th Grade
09/13/2012

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Alliteration
Definition
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent (fearless female)
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Allusion
Definition
Reference to a historical event or literary figure
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Anachronism
Definition
A thing that is out of place historically
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Anaphora
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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of word groups occurring one after the other (a time to be born, and a time to die)
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Archetype
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Original model or models for persons appearing later in history or characters appearing later in literature; recurring symbolic situations, recurring themes, recurring characters, symbolic colors, recurring images
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Denotation
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Literal meaning of a word
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Connotation
Definition
associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word
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Deus Ex Machina
Definition
A plot weakness in which a writer makes up an incident to further the action
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Epithet
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Something that identifies a person or thing by highlighting a prominent characteristic of that person or thing (fleet-footed Achilles, rosy-fingered dawn)
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Irony
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Saying the opposite of what is meant; result or ending that is the opposite of what is expected; situation in which the audience attending a dramatic presentation grasps the incongruity of a situation before the actors do
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Simile
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Comparing one thing to an unlike thing by using like, as, or than
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