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A Review of Most Literary Terms Required in College Prep English 11
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specific importance placed on an element in a literary work
metaphor
alliteration
theme
emphasis
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a brief work of prose nonfiction that develops a single theme
essay
short story
play
novel
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an exaggeration made for rhetorical effect
emphasis
hyperbole
analogy
illustration
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the writer’s purpose or goal
theme
aim
couplet
emphasis
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a written passage that reflects an earlier time in the story
repeat
aside
historical fiction
flashback
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
rhythm
onomatopoeia
alliteration
rhyme
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something said that implies the opposite
understatement
innuendo
verbal irony
sarcasm
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a work that brings together an odd assortment of materials
collection
college
collage
colliery
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when a subject is introduced and then expanded upon using repetition with slight changes
stanza
repetition
apostrophe
elaboration
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a struggle between opposing forces in a literary work
dystopia
conflict
argument
competition
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the use of informal language
hypocrisy
jargon
anecdote
colloquialism
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18th century philosophy based in reason and scientific method
Determinism
Enlightenment
Transcendentalism
Naturalism
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a technique in which ideas are contrasted with their opposite
antelope
Auntie Em
antithesis
antipathy
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makes a point more so than seeking an answer
rhetorical question
aim
allusion
diction
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language that creates a concrete representation of something
rhetoric
imagery
argument
elaboration
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a conversation involving two or more characters
text
screenplay
dialogue
argument
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a point-by-point presentation of one thing as if it were another
illustration
synesthesia
extended metaphor
simile
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the case for accepting or rejecting a proposition or course of action
essay
argument
proposition
theme
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word choice that tends to affect the formality language in a written work
rhetoric
diction
parallelism
style
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the manner in which something is said or written
alliteration
parallelism
style
aim
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the vantage point from which a story is told
point of view
setting
hyperbole
atmosphere
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a central idea in a literary work
theme
setting
character
plot
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a hasty generalization or fixed general judgment often about an entire group of people
stereophone
stereotron
archetype
stereotype
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a seemingly contradictory statement, idea, or effect
synesthesia
allegory
paradox
antithesis
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a short saying or pointed statement
epigram
epithet
aphorism
epitaph
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rhetorical technique in which a reference is made to a well known source
antithesis
allusion
alliteration
allegory
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expressing two or more ideas for comparison using the same grammatical structure
emphasis
parallelism
couplet
repetition
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a literary comparison of two things that are alike in some respects
allegory
analogy
alliteration
allusion
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the emotion created in the reader by the topic and language choice of a work
paradox
aim
couplet
mood
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the arrangement of events in order of their occurrence
synthesis
paradox
aim
chronological
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a figure of speech combining images related to two or more senses
amalgamism
replication
sensory allusion
synesthesia
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a thing that stands for or represents both itself and something else
symbol
point of view
mood
aim
