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L Terms
Arnett Literary Terms
| 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 hominen | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than the issue |
| aesthetic | relating to beauty or to branch of philosophy 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 | repition of similar constant sounds in the beggining of words |
| allusion | a reference within a literary work to a historical or literary person, place or event |