Unit 6: Analyze Literature

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  1. meter
    a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
    Meter is a regular rhythmic pattern in poetry.
  2. synesthesia
    a figure of speech that appeals to two or more senses
    Synesthesia is a figure of speech that combines in a single expression images related to two or more senses.
  3. parallelism
    similarity by virtue of corresponding
    Parallelism is a rhetorical device in which a writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
  4. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
    A theme is a central message or perception about life that is revealed through a literary work.
  5. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history or literature.
  6. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
    Imagery is the figurative or descriptive language used to create an image, or word picture—a word or phrase that names something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.
  7. personification
    attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
    Personification is a figure of speech in which an animal, a thing, a force of nature, or an idea is described as if it were human or is given human characteristics.
  8. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
    A simile is a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words like or as.
  9. enjambment
    continuation from one line of verse into the next line
    Enjambment is the act of continuing a statement beyond the end of a line of verse.
  10. terza rima
    a verse form with tercets having an interlaced rhyme scheme
    Terza rima is a three-line stanza form in which successive stanzas have the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, ded, and so on.
  11. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
    A character is an individual who takes part in the action of a literary work.
  12. apostrophe
    an address to an absent or imaginary person
    An apostrophe is a method by which a speaker turns from the audience as a whole to address a single person or thing.
  13. paradox
    a statement that contradicts itself
    A paradox is a seemingly contradictory statement, idea, or event that actually may be true.
Created on Tue Mar 09 09:56:04 EST 2021 (updated Mon Mar 29 09:40:01 EDT 2021)

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