Literary Terms Chart
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English [1]
TERM DEFINITION VALID EXAMPLE 1. allegory story or poem in which the characters, setting, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Can be read for a literal meaning and on a second, symbolic meaning. ANIMAL FARM is a tale of animals who take over a farm and an allegory of the Russian Revolution. MOBY DICK is an allegory for America in an imperialistic mode 2. alliteration repetition of the same sound in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word descending dew drops luscious lemons 3. allusion a brief reference to a person,place, thing, event, or idea in history or literature