EOC Terms Section 1

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Adage

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Proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use

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Allegory

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A work with two levels of meaning—a literal one and a symbolic one; most of the characters, objects, settings, and events represent abstract qualities

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Alliteration

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Allusion

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A reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work

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Anachronism

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An error in chronology; placing an event, person, item, or language expression in the wrong period

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Analogy

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A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

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Analysis

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A method by which a thing is separated into its parts, and those parts are given rigorous, logical, detailed scrutiny

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Anecdote

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A brief story of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident usually told to make a point

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Antagonist

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Character opposing the protagonist in a literary work

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Antonym

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A word with a meaning opposite that of another word