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English 12 Literary Terms
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Language - English
12th Grade
03/24/2010

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alliteration
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the repetition of initial sounds (usually consonants)
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allusion
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an implied or indirect reference to something assumed to be known such as a historical event or person
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ballad
Definition
a narrative poem consisting of simple stanzas and usually having a refrain
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blank verse
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a verse consisting of unrhymed lines usually of iambic pentameter
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limited omniscient point of view
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a narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character
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omniscient point of view
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knows everything
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sonnet
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a fixed form consisting of 14 lines of 5 foot iambic verse
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stock character
Definition
fits certain preconceptions  that people have
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anecdotal evidence
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info is backed up by stories or evidence
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cacophony
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the use of harsh, jarring sounds for effect

-can be used to refer to unpleasant noise

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didactic
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teaches a lesson to the readers
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dissonance
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same as cacophony
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figurative language
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departs from the literal meaning
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pastoral
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literature that idealizes rural life only the beauties of nature but no problems
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apostrophe
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a direct address to something that isn't alive
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assonance
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repetition of similar vowel sounds
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metonymy
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substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named in place of the name itself
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synecdoche
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when part of something represents the whole of something
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elegy
Definition
a poem of mourning
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