#1-15 Literacy Terms Flashcards

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Allegory

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A narrative either in verse or prose, in which characters, action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from literal meaning of the story

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Analogy

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A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a person, event or place in history, or to a work of art/literature

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Anaphora

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Figure of repetition that occurs when the first word or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases

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Antagonist

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A character in a story or play who opposes the protagonist

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Apostrophere

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A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea

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Archetype

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A character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life

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Aside

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In drama, a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker’s words

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Assonance

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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words

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Asyndeton

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The omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used

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Atmosphere (mood)

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The mood/feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer

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Ballad

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A narrative poem that usually includes a repeated refrain

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Blank verse

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Unrhymed iambic pentameter, a line of five feet

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Cacophony

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The use of words in poetry that combine sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds

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