Literary Terms Lesson 4
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MitchMcCarthy on September 6, 2011
Classes:
Mr. McC's American Lit '12-'13, Mr. McC's Grade 9 Lit Terms 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 allegory | A literary work in which characters, objects, or actions are used as symbols |
| alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words |
| analogy | a comparison between similar things, often in the form of "A is to B as C is to D" |
| antithesis | the balancing of rhetorical opposites |
| aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. |
| apostrophe | a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent. |
| assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in words close to one another |
| ballad | a song or song-like poem that tells a story and has a regular refrain |
| caesura | a pause or break within a line of poetry |
| chiasmus | a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed ("Susan walked in, and out rushed Mary.") |
| closed form | A type of form or structure in poetry characterized by regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, and metrical pattern. |
| conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects |
| connotation | the implied or associative meaning of a word |
| denotation | the literal meaning of a word |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds |
| diction | word choice |
| double entendre | a word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risque |
| dramatic monologue | A type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener. As readers, we become that silent listener. |
| elegy | a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
| end-stopped | A term that describes a line of poetry that ends with a natural pause usually indicated by a mark of punctuation. |
| enjambment | a run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next; there is no punctuation at the end of the line |
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