The Glossary of Literary Terms

The Glossary of Literary Terms
1. Allegory - a com?arison which is protracted and carry on with a double meaning metaphorically implied. Allegory is oftentimes used in fables, parables and fiction.
2. Alliteration - a repetition of the aforesaid(prenominal) consonant at the commence of neighbouring words or punctuate syllables.
the merry month of May;
the winnowing flap (G. Keats)
welling waters pleasant word (A.Ch. Swinburne)
3. Allusion - a reference to specific places, persons, literary characters or historical events known to the reader that, by some association, live with come to stand for a certain thing or an idea.
The Three Graces of Rome (goddesses of beauty, joy and female charm).
To dress - to dine, and therefore if to dine, to sleep - to sleep,
to dream. And then what dreams might come. (Galsworthy)
4. Anadiplosis (catch repetition, doubling) - the repetition of the initial, middle or final word or word-group in a sentence or clause at the beginning of the next with the adjunct idea.
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an unspoiled man... (W. Shakespeare)
5. Anaphora (carrying back) - the repetition of the first word or a word-group in several successive sentences, clauses or phrases.
How legion(predicate) days will finish up the year,
How many geezerhood a mortal man may live. (W.



Shakespeare)
6. Anticlimax - a slackening of tension in a sentence or longer piece of writing wherein the ideas fall off in dignity, or become less important at the close.
The wind sung..., and the sailors swore (G. Byron)
7. Antithesis - the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phases or grammatical structures. Antithesis is often based on the use of antonyms and is aimed at emphasizing contrasting features.
Too truncated for our passion, too long for our peace, were these hours... (G. Byron)
Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great! (G. Byron)
8. Antonomasia - the use of a proper name to take out a general idea or a permutation of...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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