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Literary Terms Worth Memorizing . . .
The list of literary terms below are ones that should be part of your vocabulary – you will hear and read the terms (and examples) used on a daily basis.

Some of these terms will recur during the lessons in this course.   Begin to familiarize yourself with these terms as you continue the lessons.

alliteration
allusion 
analogy 
anecdote 
character 
clichΓ© 
conflict 
context 
contrast 
excerpt

foreshadowing 
hyperbole 
imagery 
irony 
juxtaposition 
metaphor 
mood 
narrator 
oxymoron 
paradox
personification 
purpose 
setting 
simile 
speaker 
symbol 
theme 
thesis 
tone 
understatement