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Lit terms Test

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aesthetics
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didactic
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rhetoric
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trope
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aphorism
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homily
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malapropism
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chiasmus
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metonymy/synecdoche
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ambiguity
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allegory
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apostrophe
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epigraph
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idiom
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deus ex machina
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conceit
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polemic
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language used in a persuasive manner and which may be exaggerated or irrational
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Misuse or distortion (usually comical) of a word or phrase. Generally close to the intended word but very wrong in meaning.
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far-fetched comparison between two things
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consideration of nature and perception of beauty in the arts
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literature meant to convey ideas about morality or philosophy
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figure of speech "raining cats and dogs"
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s=part to whole (give him a hand) ; metonymy=subject to closely related subject (white house=President)
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someone absent, dead, or nonhuman is addressed as if it were able to reply
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leaving out a conjunction such as a comma when listing something.
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unrealistic event or divine intervention which resolves plot
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The use of words in a non-literal sense
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a brief, generally wise statement about life
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A statement with either more than one meaning or no clear way in which it was intended to be understood
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An attack on someone or something
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quotation at the beginning of a work
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short discussion of a moral or religious theme
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lierature with two or more levels of meaning, meant to create ideas not necessarily pertinent to the immediate plot
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introduction of things/people/ideas in a certain order but discussion of them in the reverse order that they were presented in
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An affirmative expressed using a negative (ex - you won't be sorry)
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altering a text by inserting new material
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repetition of a word or phrase at the start of clauses or sentences
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Attributing human attitudes or actions to nature or inanimate objects
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brief description of a thing or event; also a small illustration
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word or phrase used for description which immediatly precedes or follows its subject ---Ex: much-beloved cake
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communication meant to imitate/display informal speech or dialect
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critical interpretation of an *especially biblical* text
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use of regional language or dialect

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