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Lit Crit Vocab 1
Set 1 (Vocab 1-10)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boustrophedon | The writing of alternate lines in opposite directions. (Mirrored) |
| Enantiosis | A figure of speech where the opposite meaning was said. Irony. |
| Echo Verse | Repetition of the end of a line imitates an echo. |
| Anacrusis | One or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a verse. (Ex: The word Happy in "Happy Birthday") |
| Syllepsis | The use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only one of which it formally agrees in gender, number, or case. (EX: He took my coat and my happiness.) |
| Refrain | A poetic device that uses the repetition of lines to emphasize and idea. |
| Caesurea | A pause between the middle of a line/metrical foot. |
| Metathesis | The transposition of sounds or letters in a word. Or when a novel becomes a play. |
| Diasporic Literature | Works that are written by authors who live outside their native land. |
| Dactyl | A line consisting of one long and two short syllables. Or of one Stressed and two unstressed syllables. (Ex:Tenderly.) Long, short, short, Stressed, unstressed, unstressed. |