Lit Terms Flashcards

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Connotation

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A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing

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Denotation

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literal or dictionary meanings of a word

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Stlye

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How someone writes

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the same sound occurring at the begging of words close together in a line

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Anaphora

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the repititon of a word or phrase at the beginning of succisce lines.

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Colloquialism

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is the use of informal words and phrases in writing

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Onomatopoeie

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Gives sounds to words

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Parallelism

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Use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction.

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antithesis

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two opp ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.

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