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Literary Terms
Literary terms in my AP Lit & Comp class.
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English
12th Grade
10/11/2009

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allegory
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a work in which a person and/or place represent real life, but are not real life (the text operates on a literal and an figurative level)
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alliteration
Definition
repeated sounds, anywhere in the words, in either prose or poetry
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allusion
Definition
reference to outside text or idea
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ambiguity
Definition
 susceptibility to multiple interpretations
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analogy
Definition
comparison between two pairs (w:x :: y:z)
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apostrophe
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addressing someone or something invisible or not often spoken to
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assonance
Definition
alliteration on vowels
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ballad
Definition
a poem that tells a story, often sung
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caesura
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an audible pause in verse, often marked by punctuation like a comma, semicolon, dash, etc.
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conceit
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 a characteristic expression or comparison that reflects habits of thought and perception, often an extended or continually used metaphor or phrase
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consonance
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alliteration on consonants
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couplet
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a rhymed pair of lines that stand alone in terms of meaning
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diction
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word choice; what language is employed for the intended purpose
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elegy
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a mournful poem or song, often for the dead
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epigram
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a short poem or text, often at the beginning of a longer text
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eye rhyme
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words that look like they rhyme, but that do not (eg. love and prove)
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figurative language
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ny non-literal text (eg. simile, metaphor)
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fixed form
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poetry with preexisting rules and conventions (eg. sonnet)
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free verse
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poetry without a preexisting fixed form
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sibilance
Definition
alliteration on “s”
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