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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory elements, as in "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence." |
| Foil | A person or thing that makes another seem better by contrast |
| Bildungsroman | A novel or story whose theme is the moral or psychological growth of the main character. |
| Realism | The literary practice of attempting to describe life and nature without idealization and with attention to detail |
| Motif | a recurring story element with symbolic significance that something is about to happen. |
| Euphemism | Substitution of a milder or less direct expression for one that is harsh or blunt. For example, using "passed away" for "dead." |
| Anecdote | A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature |
| Prose | another term for sequence |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
| Epistolary | A piece of literature contained in or carried on by letters (written letters) |
| Anaphora | regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses. For example, "We shall fight in the trenches. We shall fight on the oceans. We shall fight in the sky." |
| Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. |
| Rhetorical Question | a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. |
| Propaganda | Information or rumor deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution |
| Juxtaposition | Placing of two items side by side to create a certain effect, reveal an attitude, or accomplish some other purpose |
| Epistrophe | the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. for people by people |
| Analogy | Comparison of two things that are alike in some respects. Metaphors and similes are both types of analogy |
| Syntax | the order or arrangement of words and phrases to form proper sentences.. It is sentence structure and how it influences the way a reader perceives a piece of writing. |
| Personification | giving an object human like qualities |
| Irony | A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant. |
| Elegy | Poem or prose lamenting the death of a particular person. |
| Anachronism | Use of historically inaccurate details in a text; for example, depicting a 19th-century character using a computer. |
| Simile | using Like or As to compare two or more objects |
| Parallelism | the matching of the forms of words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence.. |
| Imagery | Sensory details in a work; the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object |
| Diction | An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect |
| Allusion | figure of speech which makes brief, even casual reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning to the character or objec |
| Repetition | the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. |
| Paradox | A statement that seems contradictory, but is actually true. |
| Hyperbole | An overstatement characterized by exaggerated language |
| Chiasmus | Figure of speech by which the order of the terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second. |
| Allegory | Narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves; characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities |
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