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Literary Terms
Terms 1-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Framework story | A story within a story |
| Antithesis | The contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction |
| Archetype | An original model or form after which other, similar things are patterned. |
| Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs |
| Antagonist | A person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work |
| Allegory | A story, a play, or a picture in which characters or events stand for ideas or principles. Characters may be given names such as Hope, Pride, Youth, and Charity; they have few if any personal qualities beyond their abstract meanings. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place or event. |