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20 Cards in this Set
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connotation
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a secondary meaning of a word
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convention
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a meeting of representatives or delegates for discussion of and action of particular matters of concern
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couplet
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a pair of lines of verse that rhyme and are the same lenght
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elegy
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a poem written in memory of a person who died
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falling action
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the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved
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diction
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a persons style of speaking dependent upon their choice of words
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meter
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poetic measure; arrangement of words, measured patterned or rhythmic lines or verses
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ode
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a lyric poem originally intended to be sung
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rising meter
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meter containing metrical feet that move from unstressed to stressed syllables
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understatement
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the act or an instance of stating something in restrained terms, or as less than it is
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protagonist
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the leading character hero or heroine of a drama or other literary work
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sub plot
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a secondary subordinate plot, a smaller plot in the story
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Reversal
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an act or instance of reversing, changing or switching around
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recognition
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the identification of something as having been previously been seen or heard
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sonnet
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a 14line rhyme sceme poem
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ballad
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a narrative song with recurrent refrain
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antagonist
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another opponent
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alliteration
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he same first letter in two or more words
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figurative language
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when you describe something by comparing it to something else
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spondee
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a metrical unit with stressed to stressed sylllables, equal emphasis placed on both syllables
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