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25 Cards in this Set
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archaism
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the use of deliberately old-fashioned language (ie: "ye olde shoppe")
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bathos
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writing strains for gradeur it can't support and tries to jerk tears from every little hiccup
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pathos
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writing of a scene evokes feelings of dignified pity and sympathy
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bombast
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pompous, pretentious
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conceit
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startling or unusual poem-long metaphor
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elegy
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deals with death; mournful
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canto
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section division in a long poem; "chapters" in poetry
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euphamism
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nice phrase that takes the place of a harsh reality
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hubris
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excessive pride
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foil
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character opposite to main character and so heightens protagonist's characteristics
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gothic
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mysterious, gloomy of another world
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feminine rhyme
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rhyme on last two syllables (more complex)
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masculine rhyme
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rhyme on last syllable only
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metonymy
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use closely related word to stand for thing itself
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synechodche
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use part of something to represent whole ("check out my wheels")
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inversion
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switching customary word order
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paradox
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can't be, but somehow it is
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pastoral
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poem set in tranquil nature
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stock characters
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stereotypical
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zuegema
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use of word to modify two other words (ie: shut the door and his heart)
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deus ex machina
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author's manipulation of an end
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motif
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reoccurring pattern
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anachronism
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most noble, godlike qualities of human nature and behavior in contrast to dionysian
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pedantic
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writing that borders on lecturing
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apostrophe
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addresses a person or personified thing not present
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