LIT TERMS 1-5 (Jan 15)

1. Allegory: a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities; a story that uses symbols to make a point.

 2. Alliteration: the repetition of similar initial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words.

 3. Allusion: a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects        a reader to recognize.

 4. Ambiguity: something uncertain as to interpretation.

  

5. Anachronism: something that shows up in the wrong place or the wrong time.