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30 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
Is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. |
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Allusion |
Is a direct or indirect reference in a familiar figure place or event from History Literature mythology or the Bible. |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech in which a person not present is addressed. |
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Assonance |
Is a close repetition of similar vowel sounds usually and stressed syllables. |
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Atmosphere / mood |
Is the prevailing feeling that is created in the story / poem. |
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Cacophony |
Harsh sounds introduced for poetic effect sometimes words that are difficult to pronounce. |
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Cliche |
An overused expression that has lost its intended force or novelty. |
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Connotation |
The emotional suggestions attached to words be on there strict definitions. |
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Consonance |
The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels. |
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Contrast |
The comparison of juxtaposition of things that are different |
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Denotation |
The dictionary meaning of words |
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Dissonance |
The juxtaposition of harsh jarring sounds in one or more lines |
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Euphony |
Agreeable sounds that are easy to articulate |
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Extended metaphor |
An implied comparison between two things which are essentially not alike these points of comparison are continue throughout the selection. |
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Figurative language |
Language used in such a way as to force words out of their literal meanings by emphasizing that their connotations to bring new insight and feeling to the subject. |
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Idiom |
A term or phrase that cannot be understood by a literal meanings subject but prefers instead to a figurative meaning that is understood through common use |
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Imagery |
Is the representation through language of sense experience the image most often suggest a mental picture but an image may also represent a sound small taste or tactile and experience |
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Irony |
Is a literary device which reveals concealed or contradictory meanings |
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Jargon |
Language peculiar to a particular trade profession or group |
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Juxtaposition |
Is me overlapping or mixing of opposite or different situations characters settings moods or points of view in order to clarify meaning purpose or character or to heighten certain moods especially humor horror or suspense also contrast |
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Literal language |
What is said is based in reality without the comparison used in figurative language |
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Litotes |
A form of understatement in which something is said by denying the opposite |
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Metaphor |
A comparison between two things which are essentially dissimilar the comparison is implied rather than directly stated |
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Meter |
Any regular pattern of Rhythm based on stressed and unstressed syllables |
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Metonymy |
Use of a closely related idea for the idea itself |
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Mood |
See atmosphere |
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Onomatopoeia |
The use of Words which sound likely what they mean |
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Oxymoron |
Two words placed close together which are contradictory but have truth in them |
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Paradox |
A statement in which there is an apparent contradiction which is actually true |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration in the service of truth an overstatement |
