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60 Cards in this Set
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Inversion
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switching the xustomary order of elements in a sentence or phrase.
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Irony
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a statement that means that opposite of what it seems to mean
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Lament
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a poem of sadness or grief over the death of a loved one or over some other intense loss
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lampoon
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satirical work
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loose sentense
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complete before its end
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periodic sentence
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not gramatically complete until it has reached its final phrase
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Jack loved Barbara despite her irritating snorting laugh, her complaining, and her terrible taste in shoes.
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loose sentence
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Despite Barbara's irritation at Jack's peculiar habit of picking between his toes while watching MTV and his terrible haircut, she loved him.
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periodic sentence
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lyric
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a type of poetry that explores the poets personal intepretation of anf feelings about the world or the part that his poem is about. when the word is used it refers to sweet emotional and melodiousness
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masculine rhyme
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a rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable
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melodrama
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a form of cheesy theatre in which the hero is very good the villian is mean the the heroine is oh so pure.
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metaphor
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a comparison that states one thing is another
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simile
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just like a metaphor but softens the full-out equation using like or as |
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metaphysical conceit |
startling,unusual metaphor, used in only this particular poem. |
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metonym |
a word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes to or is associated with |
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nemesis |
the protagonist's archenemy or supreme and persistent difficulty |
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neologism |
a new word usually one invented on the spot |
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objectivity |
impersonal or outside view of events |
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subjectivity |
interior or personal view of a single observer and is typically colored with that observers emotional responses. |
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onomatopoeia |
words that sound like what they mean |
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oxymoron |
a phrase composed of opposites, a contradiction |
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parable |
like a fable or an allegory, a story that instructs |
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paradox |
a situation or statement that seems to contradict itself but on closer inspection, does not |
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parallelism |
repeated syntactical similarities used for effect |
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parenthetical phrase |
a phrase set off by commas that interrupts the flow of the sentence with some commentary or added detail |
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Jack's three dogs, including that miserable little spaniel, were with him that day. |
parenthetical phrase |
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parody |
the work that results when a specific work is exaggerated to ridiculousness |
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pastoral |
a poem set in tranquil nature or even more specifically one about shepherds |
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pathos |
when the writing of the scene evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy |
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personification |
giving an inanimate object human qualities or form |
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The darkness of the forest became the figure of a beautiful, pale-skinned woman in night-black clothes. |
personification |
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plaint |
a poem or speech expressing sorrow |
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point of view |
the perspective from which a work is told |
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omniscient narrator |
third person narrator who sees, like God, into each character's mind and understands all the action going on |
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stream of consciousness |
like first person but reader is placed inside main character's head and makes the reader privy to all of the character's thoughts as they scroll the character's mind |
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prelude |
an introductory poem to a longer work of verse |
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protagonist |
the main character of a novel or play |
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pun |
the usually humorous use of a word in such a way to suggest two or more meanings |
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refrain |
a line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem |
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requiem |
a song of prayer for the dead |
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rhapsody |
an intensely passionate verse or section of verse usually of love or praise |
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rhetorical question |
a question that suggests an answer listener feels like she has to come up with an answer herself |
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Well we can fight it out or we can run so, are we cowards? |
rhetorical question |
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satire |
exposes character flaws to the cold light of humor/ attempts to improve things by pointing out people's mistakes so behavior will be less common |
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soliloquy |
a speech spoken by a character alone on stage |
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stanza |
a group of lines roughly analogous in function in verse to the paragraph's function in prose. |
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stock characters |
standard or cliched characters types for example: the drunk, the miser, the foolish girl |
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subjunctive mood |
involves "I" and "were" it is a hypothetical situation for example if i were you it can also use the word "it" for example i wish it were true |
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suspension of disbelief |
the demand made of a theater audience to accept the limitations of staging and supply the details with imagination |
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symbolism |
a device in literature where an object represents an idea |
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syntax |
the ordering and structuring of words |
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technique |
the methods the tools the how-she-does-it ways of the author |
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theme |
the main idea of the overall work the central idea |
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thesis |
the main position of an argument the central contention that will be supported |
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tragic flaw |
weakness of a character in an otherwise good individual that ultimately leads to his demise |
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travesty |
a grotesque parody |
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truism |
a way-too obvious truth |
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utopia |
idealized place imaginary communities in which people live in prosperity and peace. |
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zeugma |
the use of a word to modify two or more words but used for different meanings |
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he closed the door and his heart on his lost love |
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