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Literary Terms

Literary Terms. English Set 1. acronym. word formed from successive initials or groups of letters, like AFCOE. analogy. an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. antonym. word of opposite meaning.

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Literary Terms

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  1. Literary Terms English Set 1

  2. acronym word formed from successive initials or groups of letters, like AFCOE.

  3. analogy an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different

  4. antonym word of opposite meaning

  5. alliteration The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (as in “she sells sea shells”). Although the term is not frequently in the multiple choice section, you can look for alliteration in any essay passage. The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage.

  6. allusion A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, place, or person. Allusions can be historical, literary, religious, or topical.

  7. ambiguity • Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word's being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning. • Words should be used which admit of no ambiguity.

  8. antecedent • Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge. • The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

  9. antithesis the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite.

  10. caricature a verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person’s distinctive physical features or other characteristics.

  11. clause In language or grammar, a member of a period or sentence; a subdivision of a sentence, in which the words are inseparably connected with each other in sense, and cannot, with propriety, be separated by a point; as, there is reason to think that he afterwards rose to favor, and obtained several honors civil and military. In this sentence are two clauses.

  12. colloquial Pertaining to common conversation, or to mutual discourse; as colloquial language; a colloquial phrase.

  13. connotation The act of making known or designating with something; implication of something beside itself inference. Non-literal, associative meaning.

  14. diction Expression of ideas by words; style; manner of expression.

  15. euphemism a figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened, or rather by which a delicate word or expression is substituted for one which is offensive to good manners or to delicate ears.

  16. inference/infer To deduce; to draw or derive, as a fact or consequence. From the character of God, as creator and governor of the world, we infer the indispensable obligation of all his creatures to obey his commands. We infer one proposition or truth from another, when we perceive that if one is true, the other must be true also.

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