ex- The Allegory of the Cave.
Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.
ex- Kendall kicks kind kangaroos. (each word starts with "k")
Allusion :is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
ex- She was acting like an Einstein. (reference for being smart)
Ambiguity: is a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.Ambiguous words or statements lead to vagueness and confusion and shape the basis for instances of unintentional humor.
ex- Teenage boys are hunting dogs. (its unclear whether the boys are hunting for dogs, or they are dogs)
Anachronism: is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece.In other words, anything that is out of time and out of place is anachronism
ex- The lady always seems stuck in the past, she wears outdated clothes, rides her horse everywhere, and listens to the radio as a source of entertainment.
Analogy: is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar.
ex- You are as annoying as nails on a chalkboard.
Analysis: detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, typically as a basis for discussion or interpretation.
ex- After we read a book we do a literature analysis on the themes, characters, and plots.
Anaphora: repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.
ex- happiness is inspired, happiness is important, happiness is forever.
Anecdote: brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something; often shows character of an individual.
ex- When you are telling your parents a funny story, but it turns into a lecture about how that isnt how you should be living life.
Antagonist: the character or thing opposing the protagonist.
ex- In Batman, the Joker can be considered the antagonist.
Antithesis: literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence for achieving a contrasting effect.
Antithesis emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted phrases or clauses i.e. The structures of phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw listener’s or reader’s attention.
ex- Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
Aphorism: brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth.
ex-The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.
Apologia: a formal written defense of one's opinions or conduct.
ex- When students do wrong they rewrite what they did wrong over and over, this is an apologia for their bad conduct.
Apostrophe: A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.
ex- during a soliloquy talks to someone not there.
Argument: is the main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel that usually appears as an introduction or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers.
ex- “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
Assumption: something taken for granted, supposing something with out facts.
ex- He always wears brand name clothes, his family must be very wealthy. ( he could of bought them from the thrift store)
Audience: listeners assembled at a performance, for example, or attracted by a radio or television program. The readership for printed matter, as for a book.
ex- The audience listens to what the narrator has to say.
Characterization: is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.
ex- Billy is kind, caring, and always willing to help people with their problems.
Chiasmus: A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.
ex- Learning to do, doing to learn.
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