Glossary of literary terms

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What is the literary term for 'a distinctive way of pronouncing words, usually associated with a particular area, country or class'?

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accent

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What is the literary term for 'repetition of the same consonant or sound at the beginning of a group of words, e.g. pickled pepper'?

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alliteration

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What is the literary term for 'the repetition of similar vowel sounds within nearby words, e.g. stone cold'?

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assonance

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What is the literary term for 'a pause or break in a line of verse'?

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caesura

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What is the literary term for 'word or phrase used in everyday conversation rather than in formal writing or speech'?

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colloquialism

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What is the literary term for 'an idea or feeling suggested by a word, in addition to the main meaning'?

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connotation

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What is the literary term for 'vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation used in a particular area which differ from what is regarded as standard'?

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dialect

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What is the literary term for 'words and phrases which help to create a particular emotional response in the reader'?

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emotive language

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What is the literary term for 'where lines of poetry are not stopped at the end, either by meaning or punctuation, and run over into the next line'?

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enjambment

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What is the literary term for 'a metaphor that is continued and developed through a text'?

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extended metaphor