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Literary Terms
A set of flashcards to help students study literary terminology for high school English.
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English
10th Grade
10/29/2012

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Term
synechdoche
Definition
a figure of speech in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts.

Example: "All hands on deck!"
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allusion
Definition
a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature.

Example: references to Poe's "Annabel Lee" (e.g. the name "Annabel Leigh") in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
Term
ballad
Definition
a narrative folk song. Example: "Barbary Allen"
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connotation
Definition
the association that comes along with a particular word. Example: "heart" can connote feelings of love or passion.
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denotation
Definition
the exact meaning of a word. Example" "heart" is an organ that pumps blood throughout the body.
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