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lit terms 21-30
Brinkley Honor's Lit
10
Literature
10th Grade
09/09/2010

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proverb
Definition
short wellknown statement that talks about a common truth. ex:Practice makes better!
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parallel structure
Definition
repeated words/phrases with similar grammatical structure ex: Birds fly,fish swim,and horses gallop.
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parody
Definition
work that makes fun of another work by copying the writer's style. ex:An advertisement for calvinkline jeans said calvinklone jeans and instead of having their logo 'dare to be different' they had 'dare to be the same'. they were picking on how the company tells their buyer to be different but in reality all of their models look the same.
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pun
Definition
a play on words based on words that sound alike but mean different things in a phrase ex:Where do you park a spaceship? At a parking meteor.
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rhythm
Definition
the rise+fall of the voice made by stressed+unstressed syllables. ex:1,2 buckle my shoe. 3,4 shut that door..
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satire
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writing that makes fun of people or society n to bring change. ex:In the book animal farm the author used satire by trying to get the public to question if democracy was a bad idea. He used talking animals to demonstrate the way that russia's govt corrupted.
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symbol
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Something that represents something larger than itself ex: The cross not only stands for the crucification of Jesus Christ but also for the religion of Christianity
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understatement
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A statement that says less than what's meant. ex:Einstein was sort of smart.
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vernacular
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language spoken by a particular area of people ex:Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's things.
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antogonist
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the opponent who blocks the hero in a story ex:Plankton is always trying to steal Mr.Krab's secret formula for KrabbyPatties.
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