Literary terms (Janiah and Hailey)

A word free from limitation or qualifications

• Absolute

• Antecedent

• Archetype

• Adage

A familiar proverb or wise saying

• Allegory

• Argument

• Adage

• Antithesis

an argument attacking an individuals character rather than his/her postion on an issue

• Colloquialism

• Ad Hominem argument

• Conceit

• Adage

A literary work in which characters,objects,or actions represent abstractions

• Allegory

• Bathos

• Allusion

• Anecdote

the repetition of initial sounds in sucessive or neighboring words

• Climax

• Chiasmus

• Aphorism

• alliteration

A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• Cliche

• Absolute

• Allusion

• Bathos

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Colloquialism

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

• Allegory

• Absolute

• Anaphora

• Allusion

A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• Anaphora

• Anecdote

• Asyndeton

• Balance sentence

The word, phrase,or clause to which a pronoun refers

• Bathos

• Climax

• Antecedent

• Archetype