1. Literary Terms

2. theme a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work an essay’s theme is often directly stated in the thesis statement in fiction, the theme is only indirectly stated; this is called an implied theme source: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work an essay’s theme is often directly stated in the thesis statement in fiction, the theme is only indirectly stated; this is called an implied theme source: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

3. symbol anything that stands for or represents something else conventional symbol – one that is widely known and accepted ex. voyage = life; skull = death personal symbol – one developed for a particular work by a particular author source: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience anything that stands for or represents something else conventional symbol – one that is widely known and accepted ex. voyage = life; skull = death personal symbol – one developed for a particular work by a particular author source: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

4. rhetorical devices used to clarify and balance ideas evoke emotions

5. parallelism rhetorical device repetition of words, phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or the same meaning “...the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans...born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace...”

6. antithesis a form of parallelism that emphasizes strong contrasts “Now the trumpet summons us again – not as a call to bear arms,...not as a call to battle... But as a call to bear the burden...”