List of Literary Terms (#31-40)
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gomryo on March 24, 2011
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Terms from List of Literary Terms
AP English III
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 denotation | the literal meaning of a word (opposed to connotation, which is the emotional coloration of a word) |
| dialogue | conversation between two people, or as in literature, a conversation between two sides of a characters personality |
| didactic | the primary purpose of teaching, instruction imprinting a moral truth |
| diction | the word choices made by a writer |
| dilemma | a situation that requires a character to decide between alternatives |
| dissonance | harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds, as opposed to melody |
| elegy | a formal poem presenting a mediation on death |
| ellipsis | the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context |
| epic | a long narrative poem written in elevated style which presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation |
| epigram | a brief, pithy, saying |
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