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Adapted from V. Stevenson, Patrick Henry High School, and Abrams? Glossary of Literary Terms Terms ? AP English Language and Composition These terms should be of use to you in answering the multiple-choice questions, analyzing prose passages, and composing your essays. allegory ? The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some allegories, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The allegorical meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence.

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Vocabulary 5 Part 1 1. Reconnaissance from Jonathan Safar Foer' Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (noun): military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features "'Sometimes the Resonnaissance Expeditions were extremely simple, like when he told me to bring back something from every twentieth century -I was clever and brought back a rock- and sometimes they were extremely difficult and would go on for a couple of weeks.'" (Foer 8) Synonym 1: Exploration (noun): an act or instance of investigating Synonym 2: Analysis (noun): the seperating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements

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Freshman Literary Terms Define the following words. allegory allusion antagonist atmosphere/mood (frightening, peaceful, sad, angry, tense) characterization (indirect/direct) climax conflict (internal/external) connotation denotation dialect dialogue diction figure of speech/figurative language foil foreshadowing imagery irony (situational, verbal, dramatic) narrator persona plot (5 plot elements) point-of-view (first, 3rd person limited, omniscient) prose protagonist satire setting symbol theme tone (nostalgic, humorous, mocking, ironic, sympathetic, mournful, condescending, indignant, respectful)

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Freshman Literary Terms Define the following words. allegory allusion antagonist atmosphere/mood (frightening, peaceful, sad, angry, tense) characterization (indirect/direct) climax conflict (internal/external) connotation denotation dialect dialogue diction figure of speech/figurative language foil foreshadowing imagery irony (situational, verbal, dramatic) narrator persona plot (5 plot elements) point-of-view (first, 3rd person limited, omniscient) prose protagonist satire setting symbol theme tone (nostalgic, humorous, mocking, ironic, sympathetic, mournful, condescending, indignant, respectful)
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