Glossary of Terms Used in Literary Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird

It is a glossary of terms used in literary analysis of the novel.

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Story with both a literary and symbolic meaning
Allegory
Repetition of initial consonants or vowels sounds in 2 or more words
Alliteration
Reference to a well known person, place, event, work of art, myth, or religion
Allusion
Type of repetition in which the last words of a sentence are used to begin the next sentence
Anadiplosis
Comparison of 2 things that are somewhat alike
Analogy
Type of repetition in which the same word or phrase is used at the beginning of 2 or more sentences or phrases
Anaphora
Brief personal story about an event or experience
Anecdote
Character, institution, group, or force that is in conflict with the protagonist
Antagonist
Protagonist that doesn't have the traditional attributes of a hero
Antihero
Type of repetition in which the words in a successive clause or phrase are reversed
Antimetabole
The use of a word or phrase to mean the opposite of the intended meaning
Antiphrasis
Primordial images or symbols that occur frequently in lit., myth, religion, and folklore
Archetypes
Repetition of vowel sounds in 2 or more words that do not rhyme
Assonance
Omission of conjunctions in a series
Asyndeton
Way that setting or landscape affects the tone or mood of a work
Atmosphere