allegory (noun): A symbolical narrative
-Throughout high school, we have read many meaningful allegories.
alliteration (noun): The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
- The alliteration wasn't correct but it made me laugh.
allusion (noun): A metaphor or parable
- The Bible is used as an allusion in many novels.
ambiguity (noun): An negative word applied to an equivocal expression
- When something is not clear, others factors can be used to resolve the ambiguity.
anachronism (noun): Placing an event, person, item or verbal expression in the wrong historical period.
- Her grandmother was proud to be considered an anachronism when she walked down the street in a poodle skirt.
analogy (noun): A similarity between like features of two things
- The teacher told the class to create an analogy between the two books they have read.
analysis (noun): the separating of any material into its constituent elements
- Dr. Preston requires us to complete three literature analysis per semester.
anaphora (noun): A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word at the beginning of a sentence
- The poem included an anaphora by having three "ifs" at the beginning.
anecdote (noun): A brief narrative of a particular incident
- We were told to share a personal anecdote with the class.
antagonist (noun): A character in the story who works against the main character
- The antagonist in the novel kept creating uproar for Julie.
antithesis (noun): Opposition or contrast
- The antithesis of right is wrong.
aphorism (noun): A terse saying involving a general truth
- "Looks to good to be true."
apologia (noun): An apology, as in defense or justification of a belief or idea
- She wrote an apologia when she realized she was wrong.
apostrophe (noun): A digression in the form of an address to someone not present
- There was an apostrophe in the title of the novel.
argument (noun): A discussion involving different points of view
- The two kids got into an argument over which game was better.
assumption (noun): Something taken for granted
- She made the assumption that he would show up.
audience (noun): The group of spectators
- The audience was pleased with the actor's performance.
characterization (noun): The description of a character
- The person characterized the antagonist as evil.
chiasmus (noun): A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
- "He went to the country, to the town she went."
-Throughout high school, we have read many meaningful allegories.
alliteration (noun): The commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
- The alliteration wasn't correct but it made me laugh.
allusion (noun): A metaphor or parable
- The Bible is used as an allusion in many novels.
ambiguity (noun): An negative word applied to an equivocal expression
- When something is not clear, others factors can be used to resolve the ambiguity.
anachronism (noun): Placing an event, person, item or verbal expression in the wrong historical period.
- Her grandmother was proud to be considered an anachronism when she walked down the street in a poodle skirt.
analogy (noun): A similarity between like features of two things
- The teacher told the class to create an analogy between the two books they have read.
analysis (noun): the separating of any material into its constituent elements
- Dr. Preston requires us to complete three literature analysis per semester.
anaphora (noun): A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word at the beginning of a sentence
- The poem included an anaphora by having three "ifs" at the beginning.
anecdote (noun): A brief narrative of a particular incident
- We were told to share a personal anecdote with the class.
antagonist (noun): A character in the story who works against the main character
- The antagonist in the novel kept creating uproar for Julie.
antithesis (noun): Opposition or contrast
- The antithesis of right is wrong.
aphorism (noun): A terse saying involving a general truth
- "Looks to good to be true."
apologia (noun): An apology, as in defense or justification of a belief or idea
- She wrote an apologia when she realized she was wrong.
apostrophe (noun): A digression in the form of an address to someone not present
- There was an apostrophe in the title of the novel.
argument (noun): A discussion involving different points of view
- The two kids got into an argument over which game was better.
assumption (noun): Something taken for granted
- She made the assumption that he would show up.
audience (noun): The group of spectators
- The audience was pleased with the actor's performance.
characterization (noun): The description of a character
- The person characterized the antagonist as evil.
chiasmus (noun): A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
- "He went to the country, to the town she went."
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