Literary Terms DefinedBurton’s 2nd period Scholars

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• The following literary terms were defined and presented to the class

• alliteration • paradox

• apostrophe • parallel structure

• comparison-contrast • parallel syntax

• descriptive • persuasive

• ellipsis • repetition

• euphemism • rhetorical fragment

• expository • rhetorical question

• inverted word order • rhyme

• logical appeal • simile

• metaphor • simple sentence

• mood • synecdoche

• narrative • tone

Euphemism

the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one

that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted

Sharice Johnson, AP Lit

Example 1• Doing your duty • Number 1 • Number 2 Euphemisms for having to use the toilet

Sharice Johnson, AP Lit

Example 2• Cougar is an euphemism, because it is

describing a woman who pursues younger men.

Sharice Johnson, AP Lit

Logical Appeal Your arguments convince people because they are logical. They make sense to people. Bernan rubio

Example 1If we build bridges over freeways, the traffic will flow without interruption. The time taken for each vehicle getting to the city will be shorter.

Bernan Rubio

Example 2 A child can not be held fully responsible for his actions, the failure of a child is partly failure of the parents. A child does not have the full mental capabilities an adult may have.

Bernan Rubio

Rethorical Question…

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2nd period

Why does teflon stick to the pan since nothing ever sticks to teflon?

If a cow laughed real hard, would milk come out her nose?

Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?

Alliteration

The repetition of two or more stressed syllables of a word group with either the

same constant sound or word sound.

Tia Smalls

• Repetition such as “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickles Peter Piper pickedIf Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers,

How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?”

Tia Smalls

Alliteration Example

Example #2

“Betty Botter bought some butter,but, she said, the butter's bitter;

if I put it in my batterit will make my batter bitter,

but a bit of better butterwill make my batter better.”

Tia Smalls