Literary Terms

 

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Literary Terms

 

- Literary Term - 'Adventure'

- Literary Term - Adynaton

- Literary Term - Alliteration

-Amplification

-Anacoluthon

-Anadiplosis

-Anagnorisis

-    Anagram

-Analytical Essay

-Anapest

-Anaphora

- Antagonist

-Antanaclasis

- Antecedent

-Anthology

-Anti-Climax

-Anti-Hero

- Antimetabole

-Antiphrasis

- Antistrophe

-Antithesis

- Antonomasia

-Aphorisms

- Aphorismus

-Apologia

-Apologue

-Aporia

-Aposiopesis

-Appositive

-Apostrophe

-Archaism

-Archetype

-Argument

-Argumentative Essay

-Aside

-Assertion

-Assonance

-Asyndeton

-Atmosphere

-Attitude

-Audience

-Auditory Imagery

-Autobiography

-Balanced Sentence

-Bandwagon

-Bathos

-Bias

-Bildungsroman

-Biography

-Black Humor

- Blank Verse

-Burlesque

-Buzzword

-Cacophony

-Canon

-Catachresis

-Catharsis

-Characterization

-Circumlocution

-Cliffhanger

-Colloquialism

-Conceit

-Connotation

-Contrast

-Critical Essay

-Cadence

-Canto

-Catalog

-Cause and Effect Essay -Chiasmus -Claim -Climax

- Comedy -Comparison -Concession -Consonance

-Conundrum -Critique - Caesura -Caricature 

-Catastrophe -Character -Chronology -Cliché -Coherence

-Comparison and Contrast Essay -Conflict -Context, - Couplet

- Cumulative Sentence - Dactyl -Denouement -Diacope 

-Diatribe