Eng 2 vocab

the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.

• Antecedent

• Alliteration

• Allegory

The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.

• atmosphere

• Alliteration

• Ambiguity

a direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art

 

• Allusion

• antithesis

• Allegory

the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.

 

• Allusion

• aphorism

• Ambiguity

a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them

• Analogy

• apostrophe

• atmosphere

the emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author’s choice of objects that are described

• atmosphere

• aphorism

• apostrophe

a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love

• antithesis

• Allegory

• apostrophe

a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.

• aphorism

• Alliteration

• Ambiguity

the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite

• apostrophe

• Allusion

• antithesis

the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun

• Analogy

• Allegory

• Antecedent