Literary Terms English 10

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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Alliteration

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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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Allusion

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A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

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Aside

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Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

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Blank Verse

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Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.

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Comic Relief

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

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Iambic Pentameter

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A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

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Oxymoron

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A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

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Paradox