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PreAP Lit Terms 3
PreAP Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| diction | specific word choice used in a piece of writing, often chosen for efect but also for correctness and clarity |
| didactic | intended to instruct or educate |
| ellipses | figure of speech in which a word or short phrase is omitted, but easily understood from the context. ex: our national motto is E pluribus unum, which translates to "out of many, one" what is left is our verb, but we understand it as "out of many theres 1" |
| epanalepsis | repetition at the end of a clause of the word that appeared at the begginging of a clause. ex: possesing what we were still unpossesed by/ possessed by what we now no more possessed |
| epigraph | a quotation placed at the beginning of a piece of literature or at the beginning or one of its chapters or scenes to provide the reader with some ideas about the content or meaning to follow. |
| epithetet | an adjective or phrase that describes a prominent or distinguishing feature of a person or thing |
| epiphany | a sudden, powerful, and often spiritual or life-changing realizationn that a character reaches in an otherwise ordinary or everyday moment |
| epistolary | a type of narration through letters (as in "Dear John") |
| epistrophe | the repetition of the word or group of words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, verses or sentences |
| epizeuxis | repetition of the same word without any other words between them ex: "He! He stole my book!" |
| euphemism | a nice way of saying something unpleasent ex: passed away instead of died |
| euphony | a pleasing arrangement of sounds. Swish, smooth, mushroom |
| eulogy | a formal statement of praise (usually said at funerals) |
| foil | a character whose traits sharply contrast those of another. Their qualities stand out because of that sharp contrast |
| foreshadow | deliberately presenting hints as to what will happen later in the story |
| hamartia | the tragic/fatal flaw of a tragic hero |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration also known as an overstatement |
| idiom | a phrase that is worded oddly yet everyone understands. Ex: It's raining cats and dogs. It's not really raining furry creatures, but we know that the phrase means that it's raining very hard. Idioms don't usually translate well into other languages |
| imagery | language that appeals to the five senses- great descriptions of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch |
| in media res | Latin for "in the middle of things"- it"s when a piece of literature starts in the middle of action, not in the beginning |
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