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Literary Terms SL
English literary terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a form of extended metaphor, in which, objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. | Allegory |
| use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Alliteration |
| a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, a place, event, literary work, myth or work of art, either directly or by implication. | Allusion |
| the exact opposite of something | Antithesis |
| author addresses some absent person or being, not the reader. (turn from the general audience) | Apostrophe |
| when the author inserts his won opinions and thoughts into the novel. A break from the "suspension of belief". | Authorial intrusion |
| an original model or type after which other similar things are patterned | Archetype |
| the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds in neighboring words | Assonance |
| a story during which the reader sees the protagonist grow up | Bildungsroman |
| the method used by a writer to develop a character | Characterization |
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