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20 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The repetition of consonant sounds in a line or grouping of words. |
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Allusion |
A significant reference, direct or indirect, to a work of literature, music, or art, as well as a historical event, person, or place. |
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Anachronism |
An event or detail that is chronologically out of its proper time in history. |
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Analogy |
A comparison of two things, stressing their similarities. |
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Artistic License |
Freedom to depart from known facts to create a story. |
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Aside |
A dramatic convention in which a character turns "aside" to speak a few words directly to the audience or another character, but is not supposed to be heard by others on stage. |
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Assonance |
the repetition of vowel sounds in a line or grouping of words. |
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Atmosphere |
The general mood or feeling established in a work of literature. |
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Blank Verse |
Verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. |
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Climax |
The moment of highest emotional intensity in a plot, when the nature of the conflict is made most clear to the reader. |
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Conflict |
A struggle between two opposite forces in a piece of literature |
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Connotation |
The suggested meanings of a word or phrase; the meanings and feelings that have become associated with the word, in addition to its explicit meaning |
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Conventions |
Certain forms, practices or methods of communication that are accepted by a reader or an audience even though they are not always realistic |
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Couplet |
A pair of successive rhymed lines of poetry |
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Denotation |
The explicit meaning of a word, as found in a dictionary |
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Dialect |
A variety of language belonging to a particular time, place, or social group |
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Diction |
A writers choice and use of words |
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Dramatic Irony |
A device which allows an audience or a reader to know something that a character in a drama or story is unaware of |
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Epithet |
An adjective phrase used to set apart, describe, and typify a character, place, or thing |
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Exaggeration |
Saying more than what is literally true, oftentimes for humor or emphasis |
