Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lit Terms 1-5


Allegory - a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities; a story that uses symbols to make a point

Alliteration - a repetition of similar initial sounds usually consonants, in a group of words

Allusion - a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize

Ambiguity - something uncertain as to interpretation 

Anachronism - something that shows up in the wrong place or the wrong time

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