Literary Terms, Elements and Devices

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a legend or short moral story often using animals as characters

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fable

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drama that presents a serious matter about human suffering of terrible events in a bad manner

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tragedy

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a device and grammatical construction having two or more phrases or words with grammatical form

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structure

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which means contrary to expectation, existing belief, or perceived opinion

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paradox

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when two or more words close to another repeat the same vowel sound and start with a sound

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assonance

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figures of speech to be more effecting persuasive, and impactful

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figurative language

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figure of speech that makes and implicit comparison between two things that unrelated

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metaphor

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an enviornment or surrounding in which on event or story places

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setting

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a literary device in which the repetition of the similar sounds more than once

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Rhyme

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is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme

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stanza

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a figure of speech that takes the name of a thing with name or something that is associated

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Metonymy

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a rhetoricsl device where two opposite ideas are put together in s sentence to achieve contrast

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Antithesis

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imitation of a particular writer exaggerating

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parody

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language used by the people of a specific area, class, district,or any other group of people

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dialect

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device used to descriptive writing and visual arts

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caricature

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use of informal words phrases or even slang in piece of writing

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colloquial

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device which a number of words, have the same first consonants and occur together in a series

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alliteration

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a device that is a foot containing unaccented and short syllables with a long accented .

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Iambic

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a lyric poem that elevates in style and sometimes uses to elaborate stanza structure

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ode

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the list of characters and cast in a play or a drama

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persona

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a word in contrast to is connotative or associated meanings

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denotation

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a device that is used step by step in literature to high light and explain the details

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Characterization

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a reference to a literary or historical event person, or piece

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allusion

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two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter that together present a single idea or connection

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couplet

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type of art literature or music characterized by a specific form content and style

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genre

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The angle from which a story is told

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point of view

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a poem which is usually related to heroic deeds

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epic

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a writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words phrases or clauses

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asyndeton

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stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in verse, or within the lines of a poem .

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meter

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voice in poem

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speaker

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a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable

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trochaic

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repetitive sounds produced by consonants with in a sentence or phrase

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consonance

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a form of verbal irony that mocks a concept

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sarcasm

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to use figurative language to represent objects action and ideas

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Imagery

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a break or pause in the middle of a line or verse.

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caesura

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a understatement by using double negatives or, positive statement shown by expressions

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litote

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a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the inner most thought of character

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soliloquy

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repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic affect

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Anaphora

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a device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come in the story

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Foreshadow

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style of speaking or writing based off the choice of words by speaker

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diction

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characters which stand in opposite to the main character

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antagonist

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The character who tells a story ,or in poetry, persona

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narrator

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set of rules in a language indicates how different parts of speech are put together

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syntax

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a figure of speech , which presents a short story, typically with a moral lesson at the end

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parable

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is the use of symbols of signify idea by giving symbolic meanings

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symbolism

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technique employed writers to expose and criticize corruption of an individual by using humor

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satire

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a figure of speech in which a thing an idea or animal is given human attributes

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Personification

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literary term that uses specific phrases and words in a particular situation

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jargon

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a device which several coordinating conjunction used succession in order to get artistic view

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Polysyndeton

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a term used to describe the events that make a story or the main part of the story

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plot

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is conveyed through the choice of words, of the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject

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tone

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a figure of speech that involves a exaggeration of ideas for sake of emphasis

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Hyperbole

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a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces who are protagonists

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conflict

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demonstrates the long and short patterns

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Rhythm

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the resdution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction

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denouement

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a technique where two or more ideas are side by side in a narrative to compare and contrast

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juxtaposition

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a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

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onomatopeia

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

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connotation

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looking at a group of people and assuming that all share the same qualities

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stereotype

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stanza with four lines

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parallelism

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point of highest tension in a narrative its the most exciting and revealing part of a story

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turning point

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a typical characters an action or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns

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archetype

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comparison using like or as

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simile

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a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words

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mood

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