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This Garret's list of literary term flash cards
| 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 homenem | an argument attacking an individual's character rather than the issue |
| allegory | a narrative in which literal meaning corresponds directly with symbloic meaning. Ex: Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution, |
| alliteration | repetition 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 didn't exist in ancient Rome |
| 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 had plenty of oranges for me. |
| analogy | a comparison beyween two things that are otherwise unlike. Often analogies draw a comparison between something abstract and something more concrete or easier to visualize |
| 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 her childhood |
| antecedent | What noun the preonoun is replacing. Ex: I love reading. It makes me happy. the antecedent of "it" is "reading" |
| antihero/antiheroine | a protagonist that is not a good person |
| antimetabole | reversing the order of repeated words or phrases. Ex: all work and no play is just as bad for 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 he should think, say, or do |
| 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 her childhood |
| antecedent | What noun the preonoun is replacing. Ex: I love reading. It makes me happy. the antecedent of "it" is "reading" |
| antihero/antiheroine | a protagonist that is not a good person |
| antimetabole | reversing the order of repeated words or phrases. Ex: all work and no play is just as bad for 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 he should think, say, or do |
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Garret K
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