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Vocab List 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| allegory | a story in which objects, characters, and actions are symbols of something outside the narrative. Example: Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds. Ex: ―The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds. Ex: The bows glided down… |
| connotation | the set of associations that occur to people when they hear or read a word. Ex: The word home evokes feelings of warmth, safety, etc. |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| flashback | a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time |
| onomatopoeia | words that imitate the sounds. Ex: hiss, buzz, coo |
| oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas. Ex: jumbo shrimp, tough love |
| juxtaposition | a literary device that involves placing two or more contrasting or contradictory things side by side to highlight their differences and similarities. Ex. wealth and poverty, love and war |