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Pre-AP Literary Terms - Set #1
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10th Grade
01/18/2014

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Allegory
Definition
The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line. ie. Marilyn Monroe moved the music magazine.
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Antithesis
Definition
A balancing of two opposite or contrasting words, phrases, or clauses.
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Catalogue
Definition
a traditional epic device consisting of a long rhetorical list or inventory.
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Connotation
Definition
Rather than the dictionary definition, the associations associated by a word. Implied meaning rather than literal meaning or denotation.
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Denotation
Definition
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color.
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Euphemism
Definition
The use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but is also considered less distasteful or less offensive than another. E.g. "He is at rest" instead of "He is dead." Also consider "Technicolor yawn" for "vomiting."
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison; this comparison does not use like or as.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The use of a word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning. "Buzz," "hiss," "slam," and "pop" are commonly used examples.
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Personification
Definition
Figurative Language in which inanimate objects, animals, ideas, or abstractions are endowed with human traits or human form—e.g. "When Duty whispers…”
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Simile
Definition
A figurative comparison of two things, often dissimilar, using the connecting words: "like," "as," or "then." E.g. "More rapid than eagles his coursers they came."
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Tone
Definition
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization of the sentence and global levels.
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