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Literaryterms
Drew's lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metaphor | A figure of speech comparing two unlike things not using like or as. |
| 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 individuals character rather than the issue. |
| Aesthetic | Relating to beauty or or to a branch of philosophy concerned with art, beauty and taste. |
| Allegory | A narrative in which literal meaning corresponds directly with symbolic meaning. |
| 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: A character mentions a watch in Julius Caesar. |
| Anadiplosis | Repition of a word at the end of a phrase, sentence, etc. which begins the next phrase, clause, or sentence. |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things that are otherwise unlike. Often a comparison between something abstract and something easier to visualize. |
| Anaphora | Repition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases and sentences. |
| Antagonist | The person or obstacle that gets in the way of of the protagonist's accomplishment of his/her goal. |
| Anecdote | A brief narration of an event or person. |
| Antecedent | What noun the pronoun is replacing. |
| Antihero/antiheroine | A protagonist who is not a good person. |
| Antimetabole | Reversing the order of repeated words or phrases. |
| Anitithesis | Parallelism with contradictory ideas. |
| 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. |
| Apostrophe | Directly addressing either a dead person or or an inanimate object. |
| Appeals | Methods authors use to gain favor in rhetoric, or to establish tone |
| Archetype | A theme, motif, symbol or stock character that holds a familiar place in culture's conciousness. Ex: knight in shining armor |
| Assonance | Repition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words |
| Asyndeton | The omission of conjucntions in a series. Emphasizes equality. |
| Bathos | A sudden change from extreme lighthearted to extreme sentiment. |
| Bildungsroman | A novel about the education or psychological growth of the protagonist. |
| Caricature | The author's exaggeration or distortion of certain traits or characteristics of an individual. |
| Cacophony | An arrangement of harsh-sounding words. |
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dr.ew
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