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Abstract vs concrete |
Something experienced as an idea vs something that can be experienced via the senses |
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Allegory |
A story with two or more levels of meaning (one literal and the other symbolic allo |
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Alliteration |
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words |
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Allusion |
A brief reference to literature, geographical locations, historical events, legends, etc of popular culture |
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Analogy |
A comparison of two things, which are alike in several aspects, for clarification and explanation, sometimes analogies establish a pattern of reasoning by using a less abstract and more familiar argument |
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Anaphora |
One of the devices of repetition in which the same phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or thing or a personified abstraction, such as love or Liberty; the effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity |
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Assonance |
Repetition of vowel sounds |
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Cacophony |
Sounds which are discordant and harsh |
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Caesura |
An audible pause within a line of verse |
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Chiasmus |
Inversion in the second of the parallel phrases |
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Cliché |
Overused phrase |
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Colloquial |
The use of slang or informalities |
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Connotation |
The implied or suggested meaning of a word; association |
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Consonance |
Repetition of constant sounds |
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Consonance |
Repetition of constant sounds |
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Couplet |
Two line grouping of poetry |
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Denotation |
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word |
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Denotation |
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word |
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Dialect |
The use of words, phrases, grammatical constructions, and sounds that capture everyday or colloquial language l: showing the actual way people speak |
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Denotation |
The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word |
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Dialect |
The use of words, phrases, grammatical constructions, and sounds that capture everyday or colloquial language l: showing the actual way people speak |
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Diction |
Word choice |
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Elegy |
Song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation |
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Enjambment |
Continuation of one syntactic unit from one line of verse to the next |
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Enjambment |
Continuation of one syntactic unit from one line of verse to the next |
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Euphemism |
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word or concept |
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Enjambment |
Continuation of one syntactic unit from one line of verse to the next |
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Euphemism |
A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for an unpleasant word or concept |
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Euphony |
Sounds that are harmonious and pleasant |
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Figurative language |
Language that goes beyond the normal meaning of words used; not literally meant |
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Foot |
A unit of rhythm (stressed and unstressed syllables) within a poem |
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Foot |
A unit of rhythm (stressed and unstressed syllables) within a poem |
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Form |
General term for structure of a work of poetry |
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Foot |
A unit of rhythm (stressed and unstressed syllables) within a poem |
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Form |
General term for structure of a work of poetry |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration for emphasis or humor |
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Foot |
A unit of rhythm (stressed and unstressed syllables) within a poem |
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Form |
General term for structure of a work of poetry |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration for emphasis or humor |
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Iambic pentameter |
Five foot line of poetry made up of unstressed-stressed poetic feet |
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Foot |
A unit of rhythm (stressed and unstressed syllables) within a poem |
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Form |
General term for structure of a work of poetry |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration for emphasis or humor |
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Iambic pentameter |
Five foot line of poetry made up of unstressed-stressed poetic feet |
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Imagery |
The use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, etc, |
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Irony |
The constant between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant |
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Irony |
The constant between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant |
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Juxtaposition |
Arrangement of two or more ideas side by side for purposes of comparison, contrast, emphasis, etc. |
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Metaphor |
One thing is spoken as though it were something else; a comparison is implied |
"Joe is a rock" |
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Meter |
The number and type of feet in each line of poetry |
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Metonymy |
A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another object closely associated with it |
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Mixed metaphor |
Metaphors which are incongruous or inconsistent are mixed together |
"If we hit the bullseye, the dominoes will fall like a house of cards" |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Ode |
A poem of appreciation |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Ode |
A poem of appreciation |
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Oxymoron |
A combination of contradictory words and meanings |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Ode |
A poem of appreciation |
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Oxymoron |
A combination of contradictory words and meanings |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words imitate the natural sounds they name |
"Woof" |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Ode |
A poem of appreciation |
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Oxymoron |
A combination of contradictory words and meanings |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words imitate the natural sounds they name |
"Woof" |
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Paradox |
A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer examination contains some degree of validity |
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Narrator |
The speaker in the text |
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Ode |
A poem of appreciation |
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Oxymoron |
A combination of contradictory words and meanings |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words imitate the natural sounds they name |
"Woof" |
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Paradox |
A statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer examination contains some degree of validity |
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Parody |
A work (literature, music, film) that closely imitates the style or content of another work with specific aim of comic affect of ridicule |
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Parallelism |
A repetition of patterns of grammatical structure or length |
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Parallelism |
A repetition of patterns of grammatical structure or length |
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Pastoral |
A work which generally idealizes a simple, rural existence |
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Personification |
Presenting or describing concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by giving them human qualities |
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Personification |
Presenting or describing concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by giving them human qualities |
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Point of view |
The perspective from which a story is told |
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Personification |
Presenting or describing concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by giving them human qualities |
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Point of view |
The perspective from which a story is told |
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Pun |
A play on words that are either identical in sound or similar in sound but are sharply different in meaning |
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Quatrain |
A four line stanza or group of lines in a poem |
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Quatrain |
A four line stanza or group of lines in a poem |
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Repetition |
Words, phrases, actions, and ideas that appear over and over again |
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Quatrain |
A four line stanza or group of lines in a poem |
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Repetition |
Words, phrases, actions, and ideas that appear over and over again |
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Rhetoric |
The art of writing and speaking effectively and persuasively |
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Quatrain |
A four line stanza or group of lines in a poem |
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Repetition |
Words, phrases, actions, and ideas that appear over and over again |
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Rhetoric |
The art of writing and speaking effectively and persuasively |
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Sarcasm |
Biting, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something |
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Quatrain |
A four line stanza or group of lines in a poem |
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Repetition |
Words, phrases, actions, and ideas that appear over and over again |
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Rhetoric |
The art of writing and speaking effectively and persuasively |
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Sarcasm |
Biting, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something |
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Satire |
A work that used irony, with, parody, hyperbole, understatement, etc. to target human vices and follies for reform or ridicule |
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Sentimentality |
An attempt to evoke an emotional response beyond bounds of reason |
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Shift |
A change in verb tense, location, speaker, tone, etc |
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Simile |
A comparison between two things which are not alike, but which share at least one common element; similes use like or as |
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Stanza |
A grouping of lines in a poem |
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Style |
The sum of choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary and rhetorical devices |
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Symbolism |
The use of words or objects to stand for other words or objects |
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Symbolism |
The use of words or objects to stand for other words or objects |
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Synecdoche |
A part of something is used to stand for the whole |
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Symbolism |
The use of words or objects to stand for other words or objects |
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Synecdoche |
A part of something is used to stand for the whole |
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Synesthesia |
Figure of speech, where one sense experience is used to describe another |
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Symbolism |
The use of words or objects to stand for other words or objects |
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Synecdoche |
A part of something is used to stand for the whole |
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Synesthesia |
Figure of speech, where one sense experience is used to describe another |
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Syntax |
Sentence construction |
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Text |
Something written or spoken considered as an object to be examined |
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Text |
Something written or spoken considered as an object to be examined |
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Theme |
The central idea or message of a text (the insight it offers) |
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Text |
Something written or spoken considered as an object to be examined |
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Theme |
The central idea or message of a text (the insight it offers) |
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Thesis |
The sentence or group of sentences that directly express a writers opinion, purpose or idea |
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Text |
Something written or spoken considered as an object to be examined |
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Theme |
The central idea or message of a text (the insight it offers) |
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Thesis |
The sentence or group of sentences that directly express a writers opinion, purpose or idea |
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Tone |
The author's attitude toward his or her subject and toads the audience, the way the authors personality is reflected in the work |
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Translation |
Something which proves a connection from one section of a text to another |
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Translation |
Something which proves a connection from one section of a text to another |
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Understatement |
The minimization of fact or presentation of something as less significant than it is, the opposite of hyperbole |
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