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Literary Terms0
glossary of lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a word free from limitations or qualifications | absolute |
| a familiar proverb or wise saying | adage |
| an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue | ad hominem argument |
| a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions | allegory |
| the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words | alliteration |
| a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize | allusion |
| a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | analogy |
| the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences | anaphora |
| a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event | anecdote |
| the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers | antecedent |
| a statement where two opposing ideas are balanced | antithesis |
| a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | aphorism |
| a figure of speech where one addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction | apostrophe |
| a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | archetype |
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