Literary terms Flashcards
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Alliteration
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Repetition of a similar consonants sounds, especially at the beginning if a word.
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Oral tradition
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Memorized poems that were recited and passed from a generation to another.
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Hyperbole
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A great exaggeration
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Epithet
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A brief descriptive phrase to characterize or describe a character
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Kenning
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An elaborate phrase that describe persons, things or events using METHAPORS
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Caesura
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A pause or a natural break in a line is verse
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Allusion
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A reference in one work of literature to another work of literature, art, history or music that the author expects the reader to know
