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29 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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complex, discusses intangible qualities like good/evil, seldom uses examples to support its points.
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academic
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describes style, means dry and theoretical writing
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accent
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stressed portion of a word
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accusatory
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containing or implying an accusation
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Adonis
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in Greek mythology, a youth loved by Aphrodite for his beauty.
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aesthetic/ aesthetics
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appeals to the senses, a coherent sense of taste
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allegory
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story where each aspect has a symbolic meaning
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amorphous
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lacking definite shape or form, shapeless, formless
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alliteration
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repitition of consonant sounds
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allusion
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reference to another work/ gamous figure
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anachronism
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misplaced in time
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analogy
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comparison, involves 2 or more symbolic parts, used to clarify action/ relationship
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anecdote
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short narrative
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anthropomorphism
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when inanimate objects are given human characteristics
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anticlimax
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when action produces smaller results than one had been led to expect
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antihero
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main character who is unheroic
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antithesis
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direct contrast/ opinion
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aphorism
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short and usually witty saying
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apostate
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person who denies or foresakes earlier religious conviction
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archaism
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use of deliberately old fashioned language
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artillary
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mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers
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aside
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speech (usually short comment) made by actor to audience, as if stepping out of action on stage
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assonance
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repeated use of vowel sounds
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atmosphere
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emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene
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balanced sentence
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sentence comprised of two or more parallel clauses
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ballad
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a long, narrative poem, usually in very regular meter and rhyme. Has naive folksy quality.
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bathos
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pathos, evokes emotion (pity/ sympathy)
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belies
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to show to be false, to contradict
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black humor
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use of disturbing themes in comedy
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