The Guide to Literary Terms (MAXNotes Literature Guides)Research & Education Assoc., 2013 M01 1 - 128 páginas REA's MAXnotes Guide to Literary Terms REA's book is a concise, easy-to-use guide to the literary terms and devices which high school and undergraduate students encounter most often. The main body of the book is an alphabetical listing of approximately 150 of the most-commonly encountered literary terms or devices. The entries are simplified to enable students with no knowledge of the terms to become comfortable with their uses in a short time. Each entry in the book includes a definition of the literary term or device, a history of the term's use and origin, and specific references to texts in which the term has been used. |
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... derived from the Latin absurdus , formed from ab and surdus , meaning “ deaf ” and “ stupid ” . Albert Camus used the word in discussing his concept of existentialism , the phi- losophy that the individual is responsible for whatever ...
... derived from the Latin absurdus , formed from ab and surdus , meaning “ deaf ” and “ stupid ” . Albert Camus used the word in discussing his concept of existentialism , the phi- losophy that the individual is responsible for whatever ...
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... derived from the Latin afficere , which was formed by joining ab and facere , mean- ing " to do . " Fallacy is from the Latin fallacia , which was derived from fallac- or fallax , meaning " deceitful . " These terms were origi- nally ...
... derived from the Latin afficere , which was formed by joining ab and facere , mean- ing " to do . " Fallacy is from the Latin fallacia , which was derived from fallac- or fallax , meaning " deceitful . " These terms were origi- nally ...
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... derived from the Latin ambiguus , which means " doubtful , " and was formed from ambigere a combination of amb , meaning " both ways , ” and agere , meaning ” drive . " see : allusion , connotation Anachronism - an error in chronology ...
... derived from the Latin ambiguus , which means " doubtful , " and was formed from ambigere a combination of amb , meaning " both ways , ” and agere , meaning ” drive . " see : allusion , connotation Anachronism - an error in chronology ...
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... derived from the Greek antagonistes , which means " rival " and was formed from the combining of anti , meaning " against , " and agon , meaning a " contest . " Shakespeare's plays provide apt examples of antagonists : his Macduff in ...
... derived from the Greek antagonistes , which means " rival " and was formed from the combining of anti , meaning " against , " and agon , meaning a " contest . " Shakespeare's plays provide apt examples of antagonists : his Macduff in ...
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... derived from klinein meaning " to slope . " An example of an anticlimax is when the indigent protagonist finds a great amount of money for which ( s ) he has been intently searching and does nothing with it . see : climax Antithesis ...
... derived from klinein meaning " to slope . " An example of an anticlimax is when the indigent protagonist finds a great amount of money for which ( s ) he has been intently searching and does nothing with it . see : climax Antithesis ...
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