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ENC1102--Literary Rhetoric Assignment. Due January 26, 2024. Assignment posted on January 23, 2024. Late Work is Never Accepted.


Look up the following literary terms. In your binder, handwrite the definition and an example when appropriate (do at least twenty-two to thirty each night). Please note that usually assignments are required to be typed; however, because handwriting has been proven to help students remember better, for this assignment, I want you to write your work.

If you have trouble finding the definition of any term, skip it and move on. Points will be taken off for mistakes in MLA format. See the link on this website for MLA format, or google MLA format. See the post entitled "Literary Terms/Rhetorical Terms--Sample Entry" for an example of how to complete this activity. (Enter the search term in the Search box at the top left of this website.) 

Look up the following terminology and provide examples for each. See the post entitled "Literary Terms/Rhetorical Terms--Sample Entry" for an example of how to complete this activity. Use the Search box on the upper left side of this website to find the example post.
  1. allegory
  2. alliteration
  3. allusion
  4. amplification
  5. analogy
  6. anecdote
  7. anthropomorphism
  8. antithesis
  9. aphorism
  10. archetype
  11. assonance
  12. authorial intrusion
  13. bildungsroman
  14. cacophony
  15. caesura
  16. characterization
  17. chiasmus
  18. circumlocution
  19. conflict
  20. connotation
  21. consonance
  22. denotation
  23. deus ex Machina
  24. diction
  25. doppelganger
  26. ekphrastic
  27. epilogue
  28. epithet
  29. euphemism
  30. euphony
  31. flashback
  32. foil
  33. foreshadowing
  34. hubris
  35. hyperbole
  36. imagery
  37. internal rhyme
  38. inversion
  39. irony
  40. juxtaposition
  41. kennings
  42. litotes
  43. malapropism
  44. metaphor
  45. metonymy
  46. mood
  47. motif
  48. negative capability
  49. nemesis
  50. onomatopoeia
  51. oxymoron
  52. paradox
  53. pathetic fallacy
  54. personification
  55. plot
  56. point of view
  57. portmanteau
  58. prologue
  59. pun
  60. rhyme scheme
  61. satire
This list is just the beginning of the terms and ideas you will learn as you study the art of rhetoric and literary analysis in this course.

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