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68 Cards in this Set
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Connotation
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an implied meaning.
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Denotation
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dictionary meaning
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monosyllabic
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one syllable
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euphonious
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pleasant and pleasing words
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cacophonic
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unpleasant words, negative words
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Literal
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What you see
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Figurative
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what you get from language, tone, symbol
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overstated
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exaggerated
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understated
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undervaluing idea
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colloquial
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informal
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formal
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formal, proper langauge
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jargon
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words that only is used by certain group of people or of idea.
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Alliteration
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repeating of initial consonant sound
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onomatopoeia
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the use of words which in their pronunciation suggest their meaning
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Basic Syntax
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simple sentence
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Interrupted Sentence
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a sentence that is interrupted with a parenthetical aside
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Listing
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a sentence with multiple phrases that create a list
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Cumulative/Loose
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Begins with a subject and verb and modifying elements at end
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Periodic
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Opens with modifiers, withholds subject and verb until the end
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Parallelism-Antithesis
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Establishing a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas
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Parallelism-Chiasmus
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a crossing parallelism, where the second part of a grammatical construction is balanced or paralleled by the first part, only in reversed order
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Parrallism-Balanced
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Expressing parallel or like ideas
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Declarative
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Declares something
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Imperative
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Commands
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Exclamatory
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expresses strong emotion. Yelling
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interrogative
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ask question
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simple
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contain one subject and one predicate
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compound
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contains two or more independent clauses
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complex
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contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
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compound-complex
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contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses
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Ellipsis
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omitting words
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asyndeton
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a overload of details/ ideas, listing something using omission of conjunction
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anadiplosis
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repeat the last word of the previous sentence on the next sentence
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anaphora
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repetition of words or phrases at beginning of phrases, clauses or sentences
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epistrophe
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repetition of same word at end of phrases, clauses
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polysyndeton
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use of conjunction between each, word, phrase, or clause, builds of an idea
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parenthical aside
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a supporting phrase in the middle of another sentence
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colon
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divide distinct but related sentence
second elaborate on the first |
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semi-colon
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separate two independent phrases
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dashes
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indicate a break in thought
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allegory
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extended metaphor
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autobiography
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life story written by that person
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biography
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life story of person written by another
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chronicle
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extended accounts of events
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diary
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daily written record of experiences
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essay
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composition of as subject
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fiction
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not true
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nonfiction
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real
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Prose
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writing that is fiction or nonfiction
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parody
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a second version of the work that mocks the original.
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satire
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exposes or make fun human vices or folly
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sermon
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a speech made by prophet or religious member
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stream-of-consciousness
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random details of surrounding not relating to topic.
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allusion
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indirect reference to a familiar idea
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ambiguity
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something that has a doubtful meaning
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anachronism
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something that is not present in that time period.
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aphorism
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insightful statement
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audience
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people author is talking to
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invective
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lashing, condemning, abusive idea
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juxtaposition
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placing two things side by side to contrast
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malapropism
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an incorrect usage of a word
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rhetorical question
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question to affirm or deny idea
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sensory details
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details that appeal to senses
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shift
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change in word meaning
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tone
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attitude toward his reader and his subject, mood
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point of view
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the way events are conveyed to the reader. Who is author trying to be?
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theme-thesis
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message conveyed by a literary work
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voice
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textual features that convey the writer's personona
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