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Anglo Saxon lit term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | a poetic device where the first consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in words are stressed |
| Analogy | a comparison of two things made to explain something unfamiliar through its similarities to something familiar, or to prove one point based on the accepted |
| Antagonist | the major character in a narrative or drama who works against the hero or protagonist |
| Archetype | the literary images that grow out of the “collective unconscious;” it is commonly used to describe an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made |
| Characterization | the process by which an author creates vivid, believable characters in a work of art |
| Conflict | the issue to be resolved in the story |
| Connotation | the impression that a word gives beyond its defined meaning |
| Denotation | the actual meaning of a word |
| Dialogue | conversation between people in a literary work |
| Epoch | beginning or ending of a literary period |
| Excerpt | a short extract from a piece of writing |
| Foreshadowing | a device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments |
| Genre | a category of literary work; may refer to the content of a given work and to its form |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech that expresses an idea through an image of another object |
| Meter | rhythm in a line of verse that is created as a result of stressed and unstressed syllables |
| Monologue | a composition, written or oral, by a single individual |
| Personification | a figure of speech that gives human qualities to abstract ideas |
| Plot | the pattern of events in a narrative or drama |
| Point of view | perspective from which a literary work is presented to the reader |
| Protagonist | central character of the story who serves as a focus for its themes and incidents and as the principal rationale for its development |
| Rhyme scheme | poem in which words sound identical or very similar and appear in parallel positions in two or more lines |
| Setting | the time, place, and culture in which the actions of a narrative take place |
| Theme | the main point of the work; used interchangeably with thesis |
| Tone | the author’s attitude towards his or her audience or work |
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