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38 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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the repition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
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allusion
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an implied or indirect reference especially in literature
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analogy
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inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others
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aphorism
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a concise statement of sound in words or syllables
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autobiography
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the biography of a person narrated by him/herself
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beat poetry
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coffessional or protest against conformity
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character
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a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
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charcterization
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the artisitc representation (as in ficiont or drama) of human character or motives
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climax
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the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action (as of a play)
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confessional poetry
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when a poet exposes personal or a secret feature about themselves
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conflict
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the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or a fiction
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connotation
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the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or discribes
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consonance
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recurrance or correspondence of sounds especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels
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couplet
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to successive lines of verse forming a unit marked usually by rhythmic correspndence, rhyme, or the inclusion of a self-contained utterance
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denotation
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a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
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denouement
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the outcome of a complex sequence of events
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diction
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pronunciation and enunciation of words in singing or speaking
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drama
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a movie or television production with chracters (as conflict) of a serious play; can also be within a form of literature
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dramatic irony
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a situation grasped by the audience but not the characters
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epigraph
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a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme
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extended metaphor
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a comparision between two essentially unlike things that never the less have something in common
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fiction
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something invented by the imagination or feigned; an invented story
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first-person point of view
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narratives told through the eyes of the protagonist
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flashback
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a past invident recurring vividly in the mind
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foil
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when a character has certain traits to make the protagonist look better
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foot
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in an established position or state
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foreshadowing
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to represent, indicate, or typify before hand
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free verse
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verse whose meter is irregular in some respect or whose rhythm is not metrical
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gothic fiction
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the predecessor of modern horror fiction and is the source of the connection between "gothic" and the dark and horrific
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haiku
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an unrhymed verse form of Japenese prigin having three lines containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively
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hero
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the prinicpal male character in a literary or dramatic work
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humor
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something that is or is designed to be comical or amusing
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imagery
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figurtive language; mental images
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imagism
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a 20th century movement in poetry advocating free verse and the expression of ideas and emotions through clear precise images
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innocent eye
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a point of view where a naive character serves as the narrator
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irony
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the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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local color
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the presentation of the features and peculiarities of a particular locality and its inhabitants in writing
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denotation
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a direct specific meaning as distinct from an implied or associated idea
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