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ArnettLiterary Terms
Literary Elements for Mrs. Arnett
| 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 chracter rather than the issue |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty or to a branch of philosphy concerned with art,beauty and taste |
| allegory | a narrative in within literal meaning corresponds diractly with symbolic meaning. EX:Animal farm is an allegory for the Russian revolution (Napolean=Stalin,Animal Farm=Russia, etc.) |
| alliteration | repitition of similar cosonant sounds in the beginning of words |
| allusion | a reference within a literary person,place or event |
| anachronism | the misplacement of a person,occurance,custom or idea in time. EX:in Julius Caesar, a character mentions a watc. Watches did not exist in ancient Rome (they existed in the time of the author,Shakespere) |
| anadiplosis | repitition of a word at the end of a phase,sentence,etc. which then begins the next phase,clause,sentence,etc. EX:i ran to the store. The store had plnty of oranges for me |
| analogy | a comparision between two things that are otherwise unlike. Often analogies draw a comparision between something abstract ands something more concrete or easier to visualize. EX: trying to get a confession out of the suspect was like pulling teeth |
| anaphora | repitition of a word at the end of successive phrases and sentences |
| antagonist | the person or obstacle that gets in the way of the ortagonist's accomplishment of his/her goal |
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