Test #1 Flashcards
Allegory
device using character and story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning
Ex. Animal Farm
Alliteration
repetition of sounds, especially consonants
Ex. sally sells sea shells
Ambiguity
Multiple meanings either intentionally or unintentionally of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
Ambiguity
Multiple meanings either intentionally or unintentionally of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
Analogy
Similarity or comparison between two different things
Anaphora
The device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
Anecdote
Short narrative
Antecedent
The word,phrase, or clause referred to by Pronoun
Antithesis
Of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intensionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure
Ex. That’s one small step for man one giant leap for man kind
Aphorism
Statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle
Apostrophe
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or persons of abstraction
Asyndeton
Consists of omitting conjunctions between words
Atmosphere
The emotional mood created by a literary work
Chiasmus
Cross cross, figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax but reverse in the order of the analogous words
Ex. The land was ours before we were the lands
Clause
A grammatical unit that contains both the subject and a verb
