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74 Cards in this Set
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Epic |
a long narrative poem |
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Hero |
A legendary figure |
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Character Traits |
qualities individuals possess |
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Diction |
authors word choice |
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tone |
authors attitude toward his/her subject |
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universal themes |
timeless values
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alliteration |
repetition of constant sound |
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caesura |
a pause within a line |
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kenning |
a metaphor that enhances meaning |
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mood |
a feeling |
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imagery |
mental pictures |
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setting |
time and place |
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epic |
longer than life figure |
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theme |
main or central idea |
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sundry |
assorted |
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paraphase |
restatement of a text or passage in your words |
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chivary |
the rules and customs of medeval knighthood |
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tone |
the authors feelings towards his or her subject matter |
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pilgram |
one on a reglious journey |
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laity |
the body of reglious journey |
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clergy |
the group of body of ordinated persons in a reglion |
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exemplum |
a short story that illstrates a moral point |
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irony |
the contrast bewteen what is written and what is meant |
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foreshadowing |
hints of that which is to come |
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pardoner |
a church offical that sells cerficate for forgiveness for sins |
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indulgence |
the same as a pardon |
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radix |
malroesim est capidates |
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avarice |
greed: the love of money |
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alegorical |
a tale with both a literl |
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narrator |
person who gives an account or tells the story of events |
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frame story |
narrative providing the framwork |
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prolouge |
preface or introducing part |
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digression |
passage that deviates from the central theme in writing |
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flattery |
to insinercly |
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rebuttal |
to prvide some evidence or agrument |
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matial |
relating to marriage |
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strife |
a guarrel struggle or clash |
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reprieve |
delay the imoending punishment |
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fruitless |
useless |
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sovierignty |
having supreme powers |
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textual |
withing piece of writing |
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medeival |
relating to marriage |
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taunt |
to provoke by insults or mockery |
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character traits |
speech taughts feelings or actions |
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plot |
the sequence of vents in a piece of writing |
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climax |
the turning point in piece of writing |
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external conflict |
bewteen a character and outside force |
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motivations |
reasons for acting |
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summaraize |
restate in your own words |
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exemplify |
to show or illstrate |
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ideal |
standard ofperfection or excellence |
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objective |
not influenced by personal feelings |
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besige |
to attack |
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usurp |
to seize by force or without legal right |
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appartion |
supernatural feelings |
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comedy |
dramtic work that ife often light |
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tradedgy |
dramatic work that presents the downfail |
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tragic hero |
an indivudal in a dramatic work who comes to unhappy end |
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histories |
dramatic works about the england moment |
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catharis |
cleansing of emotions |
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hubris |
excessive pride |
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chrous |
group of performers that stand outside |
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tragic flow |
a fatal error in jjudgment |
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antagonist |
person or force that hero must battle |
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catastrophe |
tragic resoultion |
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comic relief |
humerous scence following seriousone |
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dialouge |
converstion bewteen two or more characters |
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stage directions |
instruction writeen into script of a play |
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solioquy |
speech by a charcter alone on a stage |
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aside |
short speech directed to the auidence |
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irony |
an outcome of events contray to what was |
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dramatic iorny |
irony that inherit is speeches or a situation of drama and is understood by the auidence |
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blank versa |
unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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iambic pentmeter |
unrhymed line with five feet or accents each foot containing |
