75 Literary terms,elements,devices

Question 1

figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different speech

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simile

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the voice behind the poem

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speaker

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practice in literature where the author leaves out conjunctions in the sentence

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asyndeton

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A literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same

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parallelism

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a picture or imitation of a person

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caricature

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figures of rhetoric speech that use an understated statement of an affirmative

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litote

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the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate object

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personification

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a person or object that has served as a prototype of its kind

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archetype

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a significant moment when something begins to change . the point of highest tension and drama

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turning point

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repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase

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assonance

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the central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative , novel , or any other story.

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protagonist

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an imitation of a writer ,artist ,subject

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parody

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the step by step process where the author introduces and then describes a character

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characterization

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the opposing force that brings conflict in the development of the protagonist

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antagonsit

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the way in which words and sentences are placed together.

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syntax

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the distinctive tone or tenor of an author writings

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diction

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the practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw

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satire

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a foot containing unaccented and shorty syllables

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iambic

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when the author metal images or uses words and phrases to create mental images

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imagery

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meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes

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connotation

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whose very sound is very close and sentences are placed together

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onomatopoeia

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device where the author places a person, concept, place, idea or the parralel to another

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juxtaposition

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A literary device that can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse

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couplet

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not using the formal word for an subject and instead referring to it by us using the formal

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metonymy

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links all aspects of the literary work with one another

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theme

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reference to a concept person that has served as a prototype of its kind and is original

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archetype

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The manner of which a story is narrated and who tells the story.

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Point of View

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used for expressing a resistance the protagonist of the story finds in achieving his aims

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conflict

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type of art, literature ,or music characterized by specific form

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genre

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one unit or group of lines, which form one particular fraction in poetry

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stanza

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series of unfortunate events by which one of the characters undergo several misfortunes

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tradegy

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evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and description

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mood

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a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse

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meter

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literary device that uses a part of something to refer to the whole

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synecdoche

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the repletion of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines

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anaphora

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the perspective attitude that the author adapts with regards to a specific character

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tone

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contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that ends up making sense in a strange manner

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metaphor

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author uses specific words and phrases that overemphasize the basic Truax of the statement

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hyperbole

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demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables

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rhythm

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structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented

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structure

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the use of informal words,phrases,or even slang

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colloquial

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can help craft a story or steer an audience to a certain perspective

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stereotype

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use of specific phrases and words in a particular situation

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jargon

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when a character or narrator through whom the author speaks in a literary work

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persona

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narrative that begins somewhere in the middle that usually at some crucial point in the action

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in media res

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to identify and establish the time, place and mood of the events of the story

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setting

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the process of using conjunctions frequently in a sentence, places very close

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polysyndeton

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the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

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archetype

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kind of metaphor that compares two very unlike things. They dominate an entire passage or poem

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conceit

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a line of poetry consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables

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trochaic

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repletion of sounds in quick succession produced by consonants within a sentence

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cosonance

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figure of speech sometimes represented by an exclamation

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apostrophe

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the language that contains or uses figures of speech

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figurative language

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one who tells the story

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narrator

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a monologue given by a character in a play who is alone on the stage

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soliloquy

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a form of verbal irony that mocks, ridicules or expresses contempt

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sarcasm

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literary device where words are begin with letters belonging to the same sound group

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alliteration

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a stanza in a poem that has exactly four lines

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quatrain

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a element, idea, concept, or subject that is constantly present through the body of literature

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motif

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the language used by people of a specific area

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dialect

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literary genre that features animals legendary creatures, plants…..

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fable

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literary technique that is lyrical in nature

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ode

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a statement that may seem contradicting but can be true

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paradox

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literary device that is defined as the revolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction

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denouement

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