Literary terms A-F Flashcards
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
Allusion
Multiple meaning
Ambiguity
Analogy is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject to another particular subject, or a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. Maya photos and similes are tools used to draw an analogy. Therefore analogy is more extensive and elaborate than either a smilie or a metaphor
Analogy.
Is a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make the readers and listeners laugh .Ancedotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories in fact it is a short description or an account of any event that makes the readers laugh to brood over the topic presented for the purpose
Ancedotes
a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.
Antecedent
Antithesis emphasizes the idea of phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers.liter al meaning opposite is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a constraining effect.
Antithesis
A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principal
Aphorism
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction such as liberty or love
Apostrophe
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
Asyndeton
The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work established partly by the setting
Atmosphere
A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb
Clause
The use of slang or I formalities in speech or writing
Colloquial
A fanciful expression usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects
Conceit
The non-literal associative meaning of a word
Connotation
The strict literal dictionary definition of the word devoid of any emotion attitude or color
Denotation
Referring to the style diction refers to the writers word choices especially with regard to their correctness,clearness,or effectiveness
Diction
From the Greek literally meaning teach
Didactic
the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Epistrophe
From the Greek for “good speech” a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept
Euphemism
A metaphor developed at great length occurring frequently in or thought a work
Extended metaphor
Anecdote
is a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh. Anecdotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories. In fact, it is a short description or an account of any event that makes the readers laugh or brood over the topic presentation for the purpose.
An analogy
is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is unfamiliar. Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw an analogy. Therefore, analogy is more extensive and elaborate than either a simile or a metaphor. Consider the following example: “Structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun.”
