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75 Cards in this Set
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Allusion (7/8)
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When an Author refers to something outside his writing. This includes literary persons, events, or works.
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Attitude (7/8)
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The way the author, character, or speaker feels about a subject. It is expressed through the author's diction and results in tone.
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Details (7/8)
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Small parts or items of a story that make up the "BIg Picture." They are the little bits and pieces of imagery.
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Devises of Sound (7/8)
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Mostly used in poetry; uses sounds of words to stir an emotion. (i.e. rhyme, onomatopoeia, alliteration, assonance)
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Diction
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Word Chioce. It includes the author's choice of words that are important to the overall meaning and effect of a work of literature, and are chosen for their connotative meaning, not just heir denotative meaning.
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Figurative language (7/8)
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When figures of speech, such as simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, euphemism, etc. are used in writing, It causes words to mean something other than their literal meaning.
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Imagery (7/8)
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the words in a literary work, brought out by the figurative language or description, that appeals to the senses (visual, auditory, or tactile.)
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Irony (7/8)
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When what is said and what is meant are twp different things, or when something unexpected happens.
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Metaphor (7/8)
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A comparison not using like, than, or as.
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Narrative techniques (7/8)
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Ways to tell a story/ You can use point of view, dialogue, or interior monologue.
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Omniscient point of view (7/8)
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The author allows the narrator to know, see, and report whatever (s)he chooses.
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Point of view (7/8)
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Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told. It may be omniscient, limited to a single person, or limited to several people, and the narration may be in first person or third person.
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Resources of language (10)
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A general phase for all the linguistic devices a writer can use (style and rhetoric,), including diction, syntax. figurative language, imagery, etc.
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Rhetorical techniques (11)
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The devises used in effective or persuasive language, including comparison/contrast, repetition, paradox, understatement, sarcasm, and rhetorical questions.
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Satire (7/8)
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Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule. It is usually comedy and exposes folly and vice in hopes of correcting them.
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Setting (7/8)
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The time and Place of a story, play, novel, or narrative poem.
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Simile (7/8)
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A comparison using like, as, or than.
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Strategy (Rhetorical) (11)
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The management of language for a specific effect, including the planned placement of elements, sentence length, etc.
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Structure (8)
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The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work. The most common types of structure are series, contrast, and repetition. Units of structure include: scene and act (play), chapter (novel), and line and stanza (poem)
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Style (7/8)
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The mode of expression in language; the characteristic manner of expression of an author. Many elements contribute to style and may include: diction, syntax. figurative language. imagery, selection of detail, sound effects, tone, etc
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Symbol (7/8)
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Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else.
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Syntax (7/8)
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The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence. It may include sentence lengths, types, complexity, arrangement of words and phases. and punctuation.
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Theme
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The main thought(s) expressed by a work. the Meaning an author is striving to convey which can be lifted out of the work of literature and applied to situations common to humanity.
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Tone (7/8)
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The manner in which an author expresses his./her attitude toward a subject. It is described with adjectives. Many times, one adjective will not be enough, and it may change over the course of the work.
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Allegory (7/8)
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A story in which people, things, or events have another meaning.
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Ambiguity (10)
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When a literary work has multiple meanings, especially if they do not coincide.
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Apostrophe (8)
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Speaking or addressing someone or something as if they are right in front of you, even if they are far away in place or time.
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Connotation (7/8)
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What a word implies rather that what it literally means.
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Convention (11)
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Using a style or subject consistently until it becomes a recognized expression.
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Denotation (7/8)
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Literal meaning of a word of pharse.
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Didactic (8)
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Giving instructions or lessons.
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Digression (12)
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Using material that has no relation to the work it is in.
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Epigram (11)
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A saying which uses contrast and is brief and to the point.
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Euphemism (7/8)
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A figure of speech involving a wording that is rather indirect to avoid being blunt.
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Grotesque (8)
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Work or characters that are distorted or twisted.
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Hyperbole (7/8)
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Deliberate overstatement or exaggeration for effect which is not meant to be taken literally.
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Jargon (8)
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The special language of a group; usually unintelligible to outsiders.
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Literal (7/8)
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Not figurative; it means what it says.
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Lyrical (7/8)
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Song-like.
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Oxymoron (7/8)
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Combining opposites; uniting contradictory terms.
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Parable (7/8)
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An allegorical story with a purpose.
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Paradox (7/8)
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A statement what seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true.
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Parody (11)
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A work that imitates the style of another for comic effect.
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Personification (7/8)
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Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
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Reliability (8)
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The trustworthiness of a fictional narrator of a story.
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Rhetorical questions (9)
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A question asked for the effect; not meant to be answered because the one possible answer is already obvious.
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Soliloquy (7/8)
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When a lone character speaks his thought out loud.
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Stereotype (7/8)
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A conventional pattern, expression, character, pattern idea.
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Syllogism
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Reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is draws.
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Thesis (9)
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The underlying idea that a writer supports through his work.
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Alliteration (7/8)
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The use of repeating consonant sounds for lyrical effect.
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Assonance (9)
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The use of repeating vowel sounds for lyrical effect.
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Ballad meter (11)
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a four-line stanza which has 4 beats in the odd numbed lines and 3 beats in the even-numbered lines. Rhymed abcb.
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Blank verse (9)
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Un-rhymed verse which uses iambic pentameter, like Shakespeare.
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Dactyl (12)
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A three-syllable metrical foot with the accent placed on the first syllable.
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End-stopped (7/8)
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A line with a punctuated pause at the end: comma, period, semicolon, etc.
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Free-verse (7/8)
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Poetry that is not written in a traditional meter but retains poetic rhythm.
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Heroic Couplet (9)
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Two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines that rhyme aa, bb, cc, with the thought completed in two lines.
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Hexameter (12)
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A line containing six feet.
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Iamb (10)
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Two syllable foot, one unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.
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Internal Rhyme (9)
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Rhyme that happens within a line, rather than at the end.
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Onomatopoeia (7/8)
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Words such as "hiss" or "buzz" for which their sound suggests their meaning.
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Pentameter (10)
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A line containing five feet.
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Rhyme royal (11)
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Seven-line stanza of iambic pentameter, rhymed ababbcc, used by medieval poets.
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Sonnet (9)
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Fourteen line iambic pentameter poem.
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Stanza (7/8)
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A repeated group of 3 or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme.
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Terza Rima (12)
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A repeated grouping of 3 stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc.
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Tetrameter (12)
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A line of 4 feet; a line that has 4 stressed and 4 non-stressed syllables in the rhyme scheme.
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Antecedent (7/8)
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The word or words that go before a pronoun, which the pronoun identifies.
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Clause (7/8)
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A group of words containing a subject and a verb that may or may not be a complete sentence.
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Ellipsis (10)
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Leaving out a word or words that are necessary for the completeness of a sentence but not necessarily for understanding.
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Imperative (7/8)
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The mood or form of a verb that makes it an order.
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Modify (7/8)
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To restrict or limit a meaning using adjectives and adverbs.
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Parallel structure (9)
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A structure or usage that repeats throughout a sentence or paragraph.
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Periodic Sentence (12)
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A sentence that is only grammatically correct a the end.
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