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literary Terms Part 1
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In media res
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Chaismus
Literary terms Part 2
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Definition:
Name given that is based on the the ancestor of that person’s name.
Example:
Grendel is named after his ancestor Cain.
Home
literary Terms Part 1
kenning
Alliteration
Wyrd
Patronym
Wergild
caste
In media res
epic
allegory
Allusion
Anaphora
Aphorism
Apostrophe
Archetype
Chaismus
Literary terms Part 2
Conceit
Elegaic
Epithet
Homily
Hubris
Irony
metonymy
motif
Non sequitur
Litnotes
Parallelism
Pathos
Synesthesia
Synecdoche
Understatement
Blogs
Critical reviews
Bibliogaphy