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30 Cards in this Set
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alliteration |
repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry |
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connotation |
idea of meaning suggested by with a word or thing |
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epiphany |
sudden enlightenment or realization |
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diction |
word choice or use of words in writing |
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foil |
a character that contrasts underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another |
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motif |
a dominant theme or central idea |
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paradox |
statement which seems to contradict itself |
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satire |
a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony |
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soliloquy |
a dramatic form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or reveals thoughts without addressing the listener |
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tone |
how the author feels about the subject |
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paranthetical |
comment that interrupts the immediate subject |
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enjambment |
continuation of sentence without a pause beyond the end of the line |
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hamartia |
the error through which the fortunes of the hero of a tragedy are reversed |
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antihero |
protagonist that lacks attributes that make a heroic figure |
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malapropism |
inappropriateness of speech resulting from use of one word for another |
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epithet |
applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality |
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ambiguity |
meaning is unclear |
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antecedent |
whatever is being referenced by pronoun |
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apostrophe |
figure of speech something where absent is addressed as alive |
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illocution |
language that avoids meaning of the words
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Phoenix |
anything that has been restored to a new existence after apparent destrction |
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magnum opus |
greatest work |
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janus |
two faced hypocritical nature of a person who presents two different apearances |
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white elephant |
object that has no use to its owner and may even represent financial burden |
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skeleton in the closet |
unpleaseant thing that person wants to keep to theriselves |
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sisyphus |
labor that is endless and difficult and pointless |
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once in a blue moon |
rare occurence |
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crocodile tears |
to show false sympathy for someone |
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sirens |
anything that tempts a person away from safety |
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crossing the rubicon |
to take an irreversible step often involving some danger |
