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Freshman 08- Literary Terms Test #1

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allegory   a representatio of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms.  
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alliteration   the repitition of initial consanant sounds.  
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allusion   a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of an act.  
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analogy   make a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike.  
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anecdote   a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange story.  
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argument   an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation.  
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climax   the high point of interest or suspense.  
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colloquialism   of ordinary or familiar conversation.  
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complex sentence   a sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause.  
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compound sentence   a sentence containing two or more independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions.  
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concrete details   a detail you get directly from a source.  
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connotation   the set ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning.  
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denotation   a words dictionary meaning, independent of other associations that the word may have.  
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dialogue   conversation between characters.  
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diction   style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words.  
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