Literary terms and Devices

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech that identifies one thing as being the same as some unrelated thing

Question 1

parable

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a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson

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Paradox

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a statement or proposition that seems self contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

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Aphorism

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a pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Allegory

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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Figurative Language

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a language that uses words or expressions whith a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation

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Aristotle’s Appeals

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Ethos (Credibility), Pathos (emotional), logos (logical)

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Irony

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a situation in which the result of circumstances is the opposite of that which might be reasonable expected. There are several different types of Irony

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Repetition

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the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated

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Assonance

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the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

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Alliteration

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the repetition of sound in poetry or prose. Often, this repetition appears at the beginning of words but may also appear in the middle or the end

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of end rhymes in a poem

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Personification

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a figure of speech in which an object, and idea, or a quality is represented as human

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Periodic sentences

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a sentence in which the main clause or its predicate is withheld until the end. Sentence is almost reversed