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Arnett Literary Elem
Literary Elements for Mrs. Arnett's Class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstract | not attached to anything specific or concrete |
| active voice | verb that is an action (as opposed to passive voice) Ex. Jane sweeps the floor. |
| ad hominem | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than the issue |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty or to a branch of philosophy concerned with art, beauty, and taste |
| allegory | a narrative in which literal meaning corresponds directly with symbolic meaning. Ex. Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution (Napolean=Stalin, Animal Farm=Russia, etc) |
| alliteration | repitition of similar consonant sounds in the beginning of words |
| allusion | a reference within a literary work to a historical or literary person, place, or event |
| anachronism | the misplacement of a person, occurrence, custom, or idea in time. Ex. In Julius Caesar, a character mentions a watch. Watches did not exist in ancient Rome (they existed in the time of the author, Shakespeare) |
| anadiplosis | repetition of a word at the end of a phrase, sentence, etc. which then begins the next phrase, clause, sentence, etc. Ex. I ran to the store. The store has plenty of oranges for me. |
| analogy | a comparison between two things that are otherwise unlike. often analogies draw a comparison between something abstract and something more concrete or easier to visualize. Ex. Trying to get a confession out of the suspect was like pulling teeth. |
| anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases and sentences |
| antagonist | the person or obstacle that gets in the way of the protagonist's accomplishment of his/her goal |
| anecdote | a brief narration of an event or person. Ex. Aunt Joan loves to tell anecdotes of the childhood. |
| antecedent | what noun the pronoun is replacing. Ex. "I love reading. It makes me happy." The antecedent of "it" is "reading." |
| antihero/antiheroine | a protagonist who is not a good person |
| antimetabole | reversing the order of repeated words or phrases Ex. All work and no play is as harmful to mental health as all play and no work. |
| antithesis | parallelism with contradictory ideas. Ex. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
| aporia | expression of doubt (often feigned) by which a speaker appears uncertain as to what he should think, say, do. |
| aposiopesis | a sudden breaking off of speach, usually due to excitement (either positive and negative) |
| apostrophe | directly addressing either a dead person or an inanimate object |
| appeals | methods authors use to gain favor in rhetoric, or to establish tone. Pathos/emotional appeals:appeals to audience's feelings and sympathies;Logos/logical appeals:appeals to audience's brain/logical side; Ethos/ethical appeals: attempts to sway readers by |
| archetype | a theme, motif, symbol, or stock character that holds a familiar place in culture's consciousness. Ex. knight in shining armor, villain, the sidekick, the Garden of Eden |
| assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words |
| asyndeton | the omission or conjunctions in a series. Ex. On my desk are pens, books, papers, exams. The omission of the conjunction emphasizes quality. |
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