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Scarlet Letter Literary Terms
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allusion Reference to another work of literature, history, religion, etc.
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Extended metaphor Metaphor (comparison between two unlike things) that is carried on over several lines of poetry, or throughout a work of fiction.
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Affective fallacy A proposition in literary criticism that a a work should be analyzed and described in terms of its own internal structure and not in terms of the emotional response of the reader.
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Pathetic fallacy the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings.
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allegory A narrative that has a second meaning beneath the surface, often relating each literal term to a fixed, corresponding abstract idea or moral principle.
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anachronism Something or someone that is not correct in its historical context.
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mondegreen Word or phrase that is misinterpreted as another, usually with amusing results.
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malapropism Misuse of words
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zeugma Use of a word to modify 2 or more words when it is appropriate to only one, or appropriate to each, but in a different way.
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litotes Understatement; especially when expressing an affirmative by the negative of its contrary. “not bad at all.”
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