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Literary Terms Set 3

AB
historical settinga setting in which significant events in history have occurred
parallelismstatements expressed in the same grammatical form
orationformal speech
rhetorical questionquestion not meant to be answered
anecdotea brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event
editorialan article giving the editor's opinion on some subject
editorial cartoona cartoon depicting an opinion or slant on important issues in the news
analogyrelationship of one thing to another
caricaturea picture that exaggerates the usual features of a person or thing
humorfunny or amusing quality
biasprejudice
propagandaa plan or method for spreading opinions or beliefs
allusiona reference to a person, place, thing, or event from myth, history, earlier literature or some other source
stanzaa formal division of lines in a poem, usually separated by spaces
versea poem or a stanza in a poem
meterthe rhythmical pattern of a poem
iambic pentametera line of ten syllables in which every second syllable is accented
imagerythe use of a word or phrase that appeals to one of the five senses
lyric poetryhighly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker
narrative poetrypoetry that tells a story


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