Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Lit Terms 1-5

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

2. Alliteration: The repetition of similar initial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words

3. Allusion: A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize

4. Ambiguity: Something uncertain as to interpretation  

5. Anachronism: Something that shows up in the wrong place or the wrong time

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