Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Asyndeton
This is a glossary entry for the term "Asyndeton" including definitions, an example, and links to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Inversion
This is a glossary entry for the term "Inversion" including definition and literary examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Cacophony
This is a glossary entry for the term "Cacophony" meaning harsh, discordant sounds. It includes a poem entitled "Player Piano" as an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Chiasmus
This is a glossary entry for the term "Chiasmus" including a definition and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Emulation
This is a glossary entry for the term "Emulation" including examples of ways to emulate an author's style as a means of studying it.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Kennings
This is a glossary entry for the term "Kennings" including multiple definitions and examples including links to more examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Nemesis
This glossary entry explains the term "Nemesis" including the definitions, background, and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Syllepsis
This is a glossary entry for the term "Syllepsis" including definitions and links to more information and examples.
Emory University
Emory University Writing Center: Ambiguity
Site defines the term ambiguity. Offers explanations of different types of ambiguity, quotes and examples.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allusion
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allusion" including a defintion, an example, and links to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Metaphor
This is a glossary entry for the term "Metaphor" including a definition and links to simile, personification, hyperbole, anology, and other figures of speech.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Personification
This is a glossary entry for the term "Personification" including a defintion and two literary examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Satire
This is a glossary entry for the term "Satire" including definitions and examples. Also offers links to more information and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Simile
This is a glossary entry for the term "Simile" including a definition and examples in a cartoon and in literary works. Links are provided to more information and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Archetype
This is a glossary entry for the term "Archetype" including definitions, examples, the background of the term coined by Carl Jung, and links to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Foreshadowing
This is a glossary entry for the term "Foreshadowing" including a definition, examples, and a link to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Analogy
This is a glossary entry for the term "Analogy" including the definition, an example, and links to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anthropomorphism
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anthropomorphism" including definitions, examples, and a link to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Apostrophe
This is a glossary entry for the term "Apostrophe" including a definition, examples, and a discussion of the differences between "apostrophe" and an "authorial instrusion."
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Characterization
This is a glossary entry for the term "Characterization" including a definition and the characteristics to be developed: Character's appearance, actions, thoughts, voice, and reaction from others.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Conflict
This is a glossary defintion of the term "Conflict" as it pertains to the plot in fiction. It defines conflict and lists two types: internal and external and is seen in these forms: man vs man, man vs. nature, man vs self.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Epithet
This is a glossary entry for the term "Epithet" including definitions and examples from a number of poets.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Faulty Parallelism
This is a glossary entry for the term "Faulty Parallelism" including a definition and the three types of faulty parallelism.