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24 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repetition of accented consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other.
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Allusion
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reference in literatrure to something else.
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ambiguity
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being intentionally unclear
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anachronism
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element of story of of time frame
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analogy
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comparing something that is not familiar to something hat is familiar.
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Analyis
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process of examining a literary work
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Anapest
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poetic foot(measure follows unaccented unaccented accented
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Anecdote
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short story used to emphasize a point.
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antagonist
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character against protagonmist
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antecedent
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word or phrase to which a pronoun refers.
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anticlimax
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disappointing end to a situation
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antihero
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protagonist who carries the action of the literary piece but does not embody course stran
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antithesis
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concept opposed to previously held I idea
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aphorism
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statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle
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apostrophe
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a rhetorical figure of direct address to a person object or abstract entity
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apothesis
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elevating someone to the level of god
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archetype
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charcter or situation similar to people of all types
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Aside
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short speech about speakers thoughts
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assonance
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repeated use of a vowel sound
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attitude
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authors feelings toward a topic
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aubade
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peom or song abou lovers who must leave one another in the early morning
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ballad
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song or poem that has been passed down orally based on legend folklore or something true
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blank verse
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unrhypmed peotry unstressed stressed of iambic pentameter
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cacophony
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hard discordant sounds unpleasant to ear.
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