Unit 6: Part 1 Literary Terms

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  1. philosophical
    relating to the investigation of existence and knowledge
  2. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  3. synonym
    a word that expresses the same or similar meaning
  4. response
    a statement that is made to reply to a question or request
  5. run-on sentence
    an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction
  6. modernism
    genre that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres
  7. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  8. analogy
    drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
  9. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  10. transition
    a passage or word that connects a topic to one that follows
  11. conjunctive
    serving or tending to connect
  12. allegory
    a style in which characters and events are symbolic
  13. pastoral
    a literary work idealizing the rural life
  14. poem
    a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Created on Tue Nov 03 08:52:14 EST 2020 (updated Wed Nov 04 09:31:44 EST 2020)

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