Literrary Terms J

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A traditional story passed down from generation to generation

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Myth

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A story told in fiction non fiction poetry or drama

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Narrative

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Words phrases spelling that are obsolete

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Archaism

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Includes word choice tone degree of formality figurative language rhythm grammatical structure sentence length

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Style

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A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two subjects using either like or as

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Simile

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A figure of speech which makes an implicit implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics

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Metaphor

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Figure of speech where an object person or situation has another meaning other then it’s literal meaning

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Symbol

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Device identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words

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Alliteration

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Often appears at the beginning of a story or a chapter and helps the reader develop expectations about the coming events in the story

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Foreshadowing

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Includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which the story takes place

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Setting

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A poem of mourning

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Elegy

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A short piece of nonfiction prose in which the writer discusses some aspect of a subject

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Essay

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A Medolic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker

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Lyric poem

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A story or a tale with two or more levels of meaning

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Allegory

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A reference to a well-known person place event literary work or work of art

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Allusion

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A general truth or observation about life usually stated concisely

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Aphorism

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A technique in which the normal order of words is reversed in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter

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Inversion

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Writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals ideas institution social conventions or other works of art or literature

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Satire

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A type of writing in which uncomplicated send it says in ordinary words are used to make simple direct statements

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Plain style

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Literary work is the writers attitude toward his or her subject characters or audience

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Tone

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Is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

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Mood

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A writers or speakers word of choice

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Diction

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Refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a paragraph

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Extended metaphor

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A figure of speech in which a theme an idea or an animal is giving human abilities

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Personification

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Technique of our indicating as through character or plot development

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Irony

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Device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a hole to represent a part

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Synecdoche

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Involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

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Hyperbole

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Device in which a writer or speaker attributes less importance or conveys less passion than the subject was seen to demand

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Understatement

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Which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

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Onomatopoeia

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Repetition of a battle Sarah and or dip thong in non-rhyming words

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Assonance

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Existing belief or perceived opinion

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Paradox

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Occurs when two contradictory words or together in one phrase

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Oxymoron

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A writer or speaker detaches himself from the reality and addresses and imaginary character and his speech

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Apostrophe

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Interruptions that riders due to insert past events in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative

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Flashback

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

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Plot

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A central idea in a piece of writing or other work of art

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Theme

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Is sometimes called a hero by the audience or reader's

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Protagonist

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Is a character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character

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Antagonist

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Is a typical character and action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature

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Archetypes

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Occurs when the audience is unsure of what will happen next in the story

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Suspense

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A reason behind a character specific action or behavior

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Motivation

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To convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic

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Logos

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Can be expressed through words pictures or even with gestures of the body

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Pathos

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Convincing someone of the character or credibility of the persuader

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Ethos