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Literary Terms
Literary Terms and Devices
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Language - English
12th Grade
03/30/2017

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Term
Chiasmus
Definition

Chiasmus is a figure of speech with two phrases which are parallel but inverted to one another.

"You can take a lion out of the wild, but you cannot take the wild out of a lion."
 

Term
Asyndeton
Definition

Author purposely leaves out a conjuction in a sentece while keeping grammatical accuracy.

"Eat, Sleep, Work."

Term
Anagram
Definition

Using the same letters to create a new word.

"Debit Card" "Bad Credit"

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Anthropomorphism
Definition

Lending a human quality to an object or non-human being.

"Angry skies with roaring thunder"

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Internal Rhyme
Definition

Forming a rhyme in one line or verse.

"We were the first that ever burst"

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Periphrasis
Definition

Excessive language and surplus words to convey a meaning that could be said through fewer words.

"I am mad"

"I am extremely disappointed in the way todays events seemed to go against me"

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Antithesis
Definition

Two sentences of contrasting meanings in close proximity to one another.

"One small step for a man but a giant leap for mankind"

Term
Juxtapostion
Definition

A person, concept, place, idea, theme are parallel to another.

"Satan and God, who he discusses by placing their traits in comparison with one another to highlight their differences."

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Metonymy
Definition

Practice of not using the formal word for something and instead using another word linked to the formal word. 

"Washington D.C is metonymy for the goverment of the United States"

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Euphony
Definition

Phrase/word noted for possessing an extensive amount of understood loveliness or melody in sound created.

"Cellar door"

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Nemesis
Definition

Postive characters rewarded while negative ones are penalized.

Harry Potter is the nemesis to Lord Voldemort.

Term
Stanza
Definition

A single chunk of lines in poetry.

“The greedy paddy cat,

Chased after the mice;

She got so round and fat,

But it tasted so nice”

Term
Satire
Definition

Making fun of human weakness or flaws.

South Park makes fun of issues in the United States.

Term
Synecdoche
Definition

Something refers to the whole or vice versa.

"Weary feet in the walk of life" refers to lifes journey of highs and lows

Term
Epithet
Definition

Added to a persons name to state a special quality

"Alexander the great"

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