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Literary Terms #4
APE 11 Literary Terms
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11th Grade
12/06/2010

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Parallelism
Definition

Grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs.

Ex. Veni, vedi, veci. 

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Generic conventions
Definition
Traditions that describe genres. 
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Genre
Definition
Major category into which each literary work fits: prose, poem, drama.
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Homily
Definition
"Sermon", but informally, any serious talk, speech, or lecture.
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Hyperbole
Definition
Exaggeration. Often has comic effect, irony, but can be dead serious.
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Imagery
Definition
Sensory details of figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions.
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Inference/Infer
Definition
Conclusion drawn from information presented.
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Invective
Definition
Harsh, emotionally violent language.
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Irony
Definition

Verbal irony: words literally state opposite of writer's meaning.

Situational irony: events contradict situation presented.

Dramatic irony: Reader knows, but characters don't.

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Loose Sentence
Definition
Main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by independent grammatical units. 
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