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Literary Terms6

ms guzzettas lit terms

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Understatement
the ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is
Theme
The central idea or message of a work
Transition
a word or phrase that links different ideas.
Tone
similar to mood, tone describes the author's attitude toward his or her material, the audience or both.
Meiosis
the greek term for understatement or belittling
Wit
in modern usage, wit is...
Conventional symbols
are those that have been invested with meaning by a group
Thesis
in expository writing, the thesis statement is the sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the authors opinion
Literary symbols
are sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are generally recognized.
Litotes
a figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite
Syntax
the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.

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