IB Literature Lit. Terms (Drake)

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a reference to something famous

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allusion

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use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says

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verbal irony

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a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

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situational irony

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a "paragraph" in poetry

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stanza

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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

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euphemism

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Substitution of a part for a whole (e.g. "Getting boots on the ground": "Boots" refers to soldiers, even though boots are only part of a soldier.)

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synechdoce

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Compare 2 unlike objects without "like" or "as".

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metaphor

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Rhyme within one line of poetry

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internal rhyme

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Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words

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consonance

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Repetition of the "s" sound in lines of poetry (e.g. "Solutions slop in spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.")

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sibilance