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33 Cards in this Set
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naturalism
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A term used as a synonym for realism; also a view of experiences that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic.
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non sequitur
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A statement or idea that fails to follow logically fromthe one before.
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objective
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(adj.) Of or relating to facts and reality, as opposed to private and personal feelings and attitudes. Its opposite is subjective.
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ode
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A lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject.
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Old English
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The Anglo-Saxon language spoken from approximately 450 to 1150 A.D. in what is now Great Britain.
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omniscient narrator
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A narrator with unlimited awareness, understanding, and insight of characters, setting, background, and all other elements of the story.
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onomatopoeia
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The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
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oxymoron
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A term consisting of contradictory elements juxtaposed to create a paradoxical effect.
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parable
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A story consisting of events from which a moral or spiritual truth may be derived.
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paradox
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A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true.
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parallel structure
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The structure required for expressing two or more grammatical elements of equal rank.
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parody
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An imitation of a work meant to ridicule its style and subject.
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paraphrase
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A version of a text put into simpler, everyday words.
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pastoral
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A work of literature dealing with rural life.
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pathetic fallacy
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Faulty reasoning that inappropriately ascribes human feelings to nature or nonhuman objects.
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pathos
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The element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow.
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pedantic
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Narrowly academic instead of broad and humane; excessively petty and meticulous.
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periodic sentence
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A sentence that departs from the usual word order of English sentences by expressing its main thought only at the end. In other words, the particulars in the sentence are presented before the idea they support.
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persona
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The role or facade that a character assumes or depicts to a reader o other audience.
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personification
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A figure of speech in which objects and animals are given human characteristics.
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plot
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The interrelationship among the events in a story; the plot line is the pattern of events, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
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point of view
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The relation in which a narrator or speaker stands to a subject of discourse. A matter discussed in the first person has an internal point of view; an observer uses and external point of view.
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predicate
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The part of a sentence that is not the grammatical subject. It often says something about the subject. A noun that provides another name for the subject is called a predicate nominative.
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prose
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Any discourse that is not poetry. A prose poem is a selection of prose that, because of its language or content, is poetic in nature.
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proverb
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A short pithy statement of a general truth, one that condenses common experience into memorable form.
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pseudonym
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A false name o alias used by writers
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pulp fiction
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Novels written for mass consumption, often emphasizing exciting plots.
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pun
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A humorous play on words, using similar sounding or identical words to suggest a different meaning
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realism
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The depiction of people, things, and events as they really are without idealization or exaggeration for effect.
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rebuttal or refutation
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The part of discourse wherein opposing arguments are anticipated and answered.
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reiteration
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Repetition of an idea using different words, often for emphasis.
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repetition
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Reuse of the same words, phrases or ideas for rhetorical effect.
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retraction
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The withdrawal of a previously stated idea.
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