Literary Terms for English II Pre-Ap

An arguement made that a. appeals to a person's fealings or prejudices rather than intellect or b. is marked by an attach on an opponent's character rather than his contentions/arguements.

A story in which objects, characters, and actions are symbols of something outside the narrative

The repetition of INITIAL sounds
Ex : the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

Something out of its normal time

Repetition when it is specificially used at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences
Ex: Martin Luther King - I have a dream

Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence.
Ex: the helmsmen steered; the ship moved on; yet never a breeze up blew.

A comparison that explains or describes one subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject

Involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word groupings, generally for the purpose of contrast.

Ex: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...

A concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words.
Ex: "life is short, art is long, opportunity fleeting, experimenting dangerous, reasoning difficult"

A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality.
Ex: early in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius who is actually talking to Brutus, exclaims, "Age thou art sham'd / Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!" Anotony exclaims, "O Judgment! Thou are fled to brutish beasts..."

The placing next to a noun another noun or phrase that explains it
Ex: pollution, the city's primary problem, is an issue

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 b/c it touches the unconscious memory and thus calls into play illogical but strong responses

Ex: the rebel, the Don Juan (womanizer), the conquering hero, etc

Repetition of vowl sounds
Ex: "the bows glided down, and the coast Blackened with birds took a last look At his thrashing hair and whale-blue eye; the trodden town rang its cobbles for luck"

Condensed form of expression in which a series is presented without conjuntions
Ex: "Her relatives encouraged me; competitors piqued me; she allured me; a marriage was achieved almost before I knew where I was"