Terms 3

Question 0

Consonance

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refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

Question 1

Connotation

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refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.

Question 2

Couplet

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a literary device which can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse and has the same meter to form a complete thought. It is marked by a usual rhythm, rhyme scheme and incorporation of specific utterances.

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Diction

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can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

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Doppelgänger

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German word meaning “look-alike” or “double walker”, originally meant a ghost or shadow of a person but nowadays it simply refers to a person that is a look-alike of another person.

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Elegy

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a form of literature which can be defined as a poem or song in the form of elegiac couplets, written in honor of someone deceased. It typically laments or mourns the death of the individual.

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Ellipsis

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A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out.

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Epiphany

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Derived from the Greek word “epiphaneia”,means “appearance” or “manifestation. In literary terms, an epiphany is that moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness or a feeling of knowledge after which events are seen through the prism of this new light in the story.

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Ethos

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represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved.

Question 9

Epithet

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a descriptive literary device that describes a place, a thing or a person in such a way that it helps in making the characteristics of a person, thing or place more prominent than they actually are. Also, it is known as a by-name or descriptive title.

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Dialect

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The language used by the people of a specific area, class, district or any other group of people. The term dialect involves the spelling, sounds, grammar and pronunciation used by a particular group of people and it distinguishes them from other people around them

Question 11

Epigraph

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a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer.

Question 12

Epilogue

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Is a chapter at the end of a work of literature which concludes the work.

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Enjambment

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derived from a French word, means to step over or put legs across. In poetry it means moving over from one line to another without a terminating punctuation mark.

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Denotation

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generally defined as literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.

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Double entendre

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a literary device that can be defined as a phrase or a figure of speech that might have multiple senses, interpretations or two different meanings or that could be understood in two different ways.

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Epiphora

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also known as epistrophe, is a stylistic device in which a word or a phrase is repeated at the end of successive clauses.

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Deuces ex machina

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refers to the circumstance where an implausible concept or a divine character is introduced into a storyline for the purpose of resolving

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Elision

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the removal of an unstressed syllable, consonants, or letters from a word or phrase to decrease the number of letters or syllables in order to mix words together.

Question 19

Didacticism

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a term that refers to a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions along with pleasure and entertainment.