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PAP/IS Lit. Terms Test

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Parable
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Style
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Foreshadowing
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Paradox
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Personification
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Parody
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Point of view
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Parallelism
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Motivation
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Monologue
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Allusion
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Archetype
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Antithesis
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Consonance
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Oxymoron
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Understatement
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Pun
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Anachronism
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Catharsis
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Metonymy
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It involves a direct contrast of structually parallel word groupings, generally for the purose of contrast (e.g., sink or swim)
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The repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables (hiD/heaD)
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
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The term is applied to an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs frequently in literature, myth, religion, or folklore and is, therefore, believed to evoke profound emotion
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A story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question. They are allegorical stories usually religious in nature.
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A reason that explains or partially explains a character's thoughts, feeling, actions, or behavior
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Saying less than is actually meant, generally in an ironic way
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A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it (e.g., the court - judge and jury)
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A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but expresses the truth.
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A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
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Something out of its normal time
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The perspective from which a story is told
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A play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings
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A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule
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The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
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A speech to the audience by one character in a play, story, or poem
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A figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas
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A moral and spiritual cleansing; an empathic identification with others (e.g., watching a protagonist overcome great odds to survive can create this; confession purges the soul)
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The repetition of a grammatical structure ("I came, I saw, I conquered.")
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A writer's distinctive mode of expression (It can be flowery, explicit, succinct, rambling, bombastic, commonplace, or incisive)
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A figure of speech i which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality
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To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
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The repetition or identical or similar vowel sounds within words in prose or poetry
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A type of irony in which words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant.
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A central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. It is not a condensed summary, but rather a generalization about human beings or about life that the literary work communicates
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When an author tells what a character looks like, does and says, and how other characters react to him or her. It is up to the reader to draw conclusions about the character based on this information
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The use of words that imitate sound in prose/poetry (e.g., bang, boom, hiss)
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A change in the normal word order
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When an event occurs that directly contrasts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or audience
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A work that targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, for reform or ridicule

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