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Allegory
Story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Eg. Animal Farm
Alliteration
A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound.
Eg: She sold sea shells by the sea shore; Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pepper
Analogy
A comparison/similarity between 2 things for the purpose of clarification or explanation.
Anecdote
A short, interesting, or amusing story about a real incident or person.
Eg: A teacher shearing a story about a student who overcame challenges to illustrate perseverance.
Aphorism
A concise statement that expresses a general truth or observation.
Eg: Actions speak louder than words
Archetype
a primordial image, character, or pattern of circumstances that recurs throughout literature and thought consistently enough to be considered a universal concept or situation.
Eg: the hero; the villain; the mentor
Augustan
Refers to the literary period during the 18th century, often associated with satire, wit, and classical ideals. Named after the Roman emperor Augustus.
Eg: A satirical mock-epic, like Alexander Pope's The Rape Lock, which humorously portrays high society with classical references and sharp wit "What dire offence from am' rous causes springs, what mighty contests rise from trivial things"
Ballad
A type of narrative poem or son that tells a story, often quatrains with a rhyme scheme of ABAB.
Eg: "In Scarlet town, where I was born, there was a fair maid dwellin', Made every youth cry a well-a-way! Her name was Barbara Allen"
Blank verse
Poetry that doesn't rhyme but has a consistent rhythm, usually with 10 syllables per line (called iambic pentameter).
Eg: "Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
Caesura
a pause or break within a line of poetry, often marked by punctuation.
Eg: "To be or not to be, I pause I that is the question"
Classicism
A style in literature, art, and architecture that draws on the principles of ancient Greece and Rome, focusing on order, clarity, and balance.
Eg: "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe..." (This reflects *** because it focuses on order, restraint, and themes drawn from ancient Greek and Roman ideals, with formal language.)
Cliché
An overused expression or idea that has lost its originality or impact.
Eg: At the end of the day...
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces in a story, which drives the plot.
Eg: "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new munity...". (This scene from Romeo and Juliet highlights the central conflict between the Montagues and Capulets, whose feud drives the tragic plot.)
Connotation
The implied or associated meaning of a word, beyond its literal meaning.
Eg: The word "Home" connotates warmth, safety, and family, beyond just being a place to live.
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity, especially at the end of words.
Eg: Pitter-Patter or The ship has sailed to the far off shores
Deism
Denouement
Deus Ex Machina
Dialect
Dialogue
Diction
Elegy
Epic
Epiphany
Fable
Foil
Frame story
Foot
Free verse
Haiku
Harlem Renaissance
Allusion
brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art, often without explicit mention.
Eg: He met his Waterloo. (Alluding to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.)
Couplet
Two consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme and have the same meter.
Eg: "The time is out of joint, O cursed spite / that ever I was born to set it right!"
Antithesis
A rhetorical device where 2 opposing ideas are placed side by side in parallel structure to highlight contrast.
Eg: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
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