English Literature Terminology

Question	Answer
Declaritive	"I like McDonalds."
Imperative	Gives a direct command.
Interrogative	Questions.
Alliteration	Words in a sentence beginning with the same letter.
Assonance	The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighbouring words
Intonation and stress	Italics, bold, elongated.
Juxtaposition	Words not commonly seen together, "police brutality."
Listing	Words or phrases in a said list.
Repetition	Repeating words or phrases.
Annecdotes	A short narrative of an interesting or amusing incident, intended to illustrate or support
Collective Identity	"We all"
Direct Address	A construction in which a speaker or writer directly addresses another individual
Hyperbole	Exaggeration
Irony	A statement where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea
Personification	Making an object sound human

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