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Literary Elements
They are elements of literature...
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English
11th Grade
11/02/2015

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Allegory
Definition
Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is a religious or moral ___________
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Anachronism
Definition
“Brutus: Peace! Count the clock.
Cassius: The clock has stricken three.”
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Anaphora
Definition
Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better”
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Aphorism
Definition
All that glitters is not gold.
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Apostrophe
Definition
“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee!
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
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Cacophony
Definition
“I detest war because cause of war is always trivial.”
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Colloquialism
Definition
"Go bananas"
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Connotation
Definition
A dove implies peace or gentility.
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Denotation
Definition
“And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.”
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Diction
Definition
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on”
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Hubris
Definition
“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n.”
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Hyperbole
Definition
Your suitcase weighs a ton!
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Inversion
Definition
“To me alone there came a thought of grief:
A timely utterance gave that thought relief,
And I again am strong:
The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep;”
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