25 Lit Terms - Pyren

Adage

• a literary work in which characters, objects. or actions represent abstractions 
  

• a familiar proverb or wise saying

• a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

Absolute

• A word free from limitations or qualifications

• a familiar proverb or wise saying

• the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or

  sentences

• a concise statement that expresses succincily a general truth or idea. often using rhyme or balance

Ad hominem argument

• insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity 

• a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

• a literary work in which characters, objects. or actions represent abstractions 

• an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue

allegory

• literary work in which characters, objects. or actions represent abstractions

• an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off

• informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

• a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work

alliteration

• insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity

• a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed

• the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words

• the point of highest interest ina literary work

allusion

• a literary work in which characters, objects. or actions represent abstractions 

• the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers clarify

• a reference to something literary. mythological. or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced

analogy

• a construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

• a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person. or some abstraction

• a familiar proverb or wise saying

• a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

anaphora

• the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words

• the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

• a concise statement that expresses succincily a general truth or idea. often using rhyme or balance

• a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work

ancedote

• a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• the point of highest interest ina literary work

• a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor 

• a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work

antecedent

• an expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off

• a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person. or some abstraction

• the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers clarify 

• insincere or overly sentimental quality of writing/speech intended to evoke pity