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Literary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ad hominem | an argument made that (a.) appeals to a person’s feelings or prejudices rather than intellect or (b.) is marked by an attach on an opponent’s character rather than his contentions/arguments |
| allegory | a story in which objects, characters, and actions are symbols of something outside the narrative |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds |
| allusion | a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. |
| anachronism | something out of its normal time |
| anaphora | repetition when it is specifically used at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences. |
| anastrophe | inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Inversion is a synonym for anastrophe. |
| analogy | a comparison that explains or describes one subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject. |
| antithesis | involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose of contrast. |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words. |
| apostrophe | a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality. |
| apposition | the placing next to a noun another noun or phrase that explains it |
| asyndeton | condensed form of expression in which a series is presented without conjunctions. |
| categorical assertion (or claim) | States how one thing relates to another in its entirety. |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds |
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