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24 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or lines in a poem |
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Allusion |
A reference to a person, place or events meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea |
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Analogy |
The comparison that points out similarities between two dissimilar things |
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Anecdote |
A brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point |
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Annotation |
A comment or explanation attached to a text or image |
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Antithesis |
Opposition or contrast of ideas by means of grammatical arrangement of words, clauses or sentences. |
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Assonance |
The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in a group of words |
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Caricature |
A grotesque or exaggerated likeness of striking qualities in persons or things |
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Complex Sentence |
A sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause |
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Cliche |
Anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse |
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Didactic |
Teaching a moral lesson |
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Dramatic Irony |
A circumstance in which the audience or reader knows more about a situation than the character |
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Epithet |
An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing; can be used to apply to vulgar or profane exclamations |
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Euphemism |
A mild or less negative usage for a harsh or blunt term |
Pass away |
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Evocation |
A calling forth |
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Expose |
A factual piece of writing that reveals weaknesses, faults, or other shortcomings |
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Expressionism |
A technique of distorting objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in a literary work |
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Extended Metaphor |
A series of comparisons between two unlike objects |
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Hyperbole |
Overstatement; gross exaggeration for rhetorical effect |
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Loose sentence |
A sentence that follows the customary word order for English sentences |
Subject - verb - object |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that compares unlike objects |
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Metaphorical allusion |
A metaphor referring to a particular person, place, or thing |
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Metaphysical |
A term describing poetry that uses elaborate conceits, expresses the complexities of love and life, and is highly intellectual |
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