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52 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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symbolic story
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ambiguity
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multiple meanings a literary work may communicate
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apostrophe
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direct address, usually to someone or something not present
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connotation
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the implications of a word or phrase
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convention
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a device style or subject matter so often used it becomes a recognized means of expression
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denotation
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the dictonary meaning
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didatic
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purpose to teach
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digression
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the use of material unrelated to the subject of the work
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epigram
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a pithy saying often using contrast
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euphemisim
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a figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
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grotesque
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characterized by distortions or incongruities
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hyperbole
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deliberate exaggeration overstatement
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jargon
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the special language of a group
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literal
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not figurative
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lyrical
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songlike;characterized by emotions
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oxymoron
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a combination of opposites
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parable
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a story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral or answer questions also an allegorical story
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parody
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immitation
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personfication
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a figurative use of language which endows the nonhuman with human characteristics
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reliablity
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a quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reaeder can trust
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rhetorical question
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a question that requires no answer
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soliloquy
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a speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud
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stereotype
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a coventional pattern, expression, character or idea
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syllogism
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a form of reasoniong in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them
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thesis
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the theme, meaning or position that writer undertakes to prove support
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metrical terms
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alliteration,assonance,ballad meter,blank verse,dactyl,end-stopped,free verse,....
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alliteration
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the reptition of identical or similar consonant sounds normally at the beginning of the word
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assonance
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the reptition of identical or similar vowel sounds
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ballad meter
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a four-line stanza rhymed abcb with four feet in lines one and three and three feet in lines two and four
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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dactyl
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a metrical foot of three syllables, an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables
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end-stopped
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a line with a pause at the end
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free verse
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poetry not written in a tradtional meter but is still rhythmical
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heroic couplet
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two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa,bb,cc with the thought usually completed in two-line unit
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hexameter
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a line cotaining six feet
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iamb
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internal rhyme
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rhyme the occurs within a line rather than the end
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onomatopeia
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the use of words whose sound suggests their meaning
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pentameter
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a line containing five feet
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rhyme royal
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a seven line stanza of iambic pentameter rhymed ababbcc
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sonnet
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normally a 14-line iambic pentameter poem
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stanza
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usually a repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme
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terza rima
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a three line stanza rhymed aba,bcb,cdc
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tetrameter
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a line of four feet
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antecedent
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that which goes before, esp. the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
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clause
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a grouping of words containing a subject and a verb
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ellipsis
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the omission of words
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imparative
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command
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modify
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to restrict or limit in meaning
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parallel structure
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a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragragh
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periodic sentence
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main clause before period
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syntax
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sentence structure
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