Literary Terms Flashcards
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Allusion
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A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature
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Alliteration
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The repetition of an initial consonant sound
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Assonance
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Similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighbouring words
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Connotation
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Emotional associations that a word may carry
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Consonance
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The repetition of the final consonant sounds of accented syllables or important words
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Denotation
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The dictionary meaning of a word
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Dramatic irony
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The words and actions of the characters have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters
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Foreshadowing
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When the author gives hints or clues about events that occur later on in a short story novel
