Literary Terms

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Allusion

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An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work.

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Assonance

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Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds, typically within or at the end of words that do not rhyme.

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Connotation

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The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.

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Denotation

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The literal or primary meaning of a word.

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Diction

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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Frame story

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A narrative technique in which a main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of organizing a set of shorter stories.

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Free verse

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Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.

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Inverted syntax

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A reversal of the normal order of words, typically for rhyming effect.