Monday, April 14, 2014

Lit Terms 1

Allegory: story, poem or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Allusion: the reference to something else without out saying it directly
Ambiguity: doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
Anachronism: something or someone that is set in the wrong time era and does not fit in
Analogy: a similarity between two like figures
Analysis: a method of studying the nature of something
Anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more sentences.
Anecdote: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
Antagonist: the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work:
Antithesis: the direct opposite
Aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
Apologia: an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
Apostrophe: a sign that indicates possession or connects two words
Argument: a disagreement, when two people have a different view on something.
Assumption: something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption.
Audience: the people listening, and watching or the people or person that is reached out to.
Characterization: the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.
Chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases


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