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Literature
12th Grade
02/01/2011

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Allegory

Definition
use of such symbolism to illustrate truth or a moral
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Allusion
Definition
an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text.
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Ambiguity
Definition
Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation,
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Analogy
Definition
A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way
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Anaphora
Definition
repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
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Antithesis
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The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”
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Aphorism
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A concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion, such as “Children should be seen and not heard,” or “People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.”
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Apostrophe
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A rhetorical device by which a speaker turns from the audience as a whole to address a single person or thing.
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Assonance
Definition
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
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Asyndeton
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Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.

 

*We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. J. F. Kennedy,

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Clause
Definition

A clause is any word-construction containing a nominative and a predicate, i.e., a subject "doing" a verb

 

*"Joe left the building after seeing his romantic rival."

Clause: Joe left the building
Phrase: after seeing his romantic rival

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Cliche
Definition
A hackneyed or trite phrase that has become overused.
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Conceit
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An elaborate or unusual comparison--especially one using unlikely metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and contradiction.
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Connotation
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An association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication
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Couplet
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A pair of lines of verse that rhyme. Some poems, such asThe Night before Christmas,” are written entirely in couplets:

 

*Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

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Diction
Definition
Choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness.
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Didactic
Definition
Writing that is "preachy" or seeks overtly to convince a reader of a particular point or lesson.
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Elegy
Definition
A mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead. 
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Epic
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A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds. 

EX: the Odyssey

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Epigraph
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A brief motto or quotation set at the beginning of a text (a book, a chapter of a book, an essay, a poem) to suggest its theme.
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Epithet
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A short, poetic nickname--often in the form of an adjective or adjectival phrase--attached to the normal name

 


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