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Glossary Terms - Allegory, Allusion, Antagonist, Objectivity, Oxymoron, Paradox


 * ** Literary Term ** ||  ** Definition **  ||  ** Example **  ||
 * Allegory || The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. || Aesop fables - greed (Fox and Crow) ||
 * Allusion || A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. || The girl's love of sweets was her Achilles heel,referencing the warrior in Greek mythology, Achilles ||
 * Antagonist || A character or group of characters that are considered villians since they oppose the protagonist or competes with them || Captain Hook to Peter Pan since he is continuously plotting Peter Pan's demise. ||
 * Objectivity || The quality to complete a goal without being biased or letting other things getting in the way. || When writing a newspaper article even when a reporter believes it is wrong he cannot put his opinion in it ||
 * Oxymoron || A rhetorical figure in which terms that contradict are combined, || Deafening Silence ||
 * Paradox || A statement contrary to received opinion which may nonetheless be true || Its more tiring to stand than to walk, ||