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56 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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consonance and assonance
repitition of a vowal or consonant |
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theme
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main topic or idea
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onomatopoeia
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word that is spelled exactly as it is expressed outloud
ex. boom |
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imagery
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words or groups of words that form a mental image
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symbol
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sign
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connotation
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secondary meaning or hidden meaning
not directly expressed |
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denotation
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expressed meaning
implied, direct |
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figurative
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metapphorical
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literal
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strait-forward
exact |
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allusion
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casual reference
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apostrophe
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address to an abesent and/or imangary person
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tone
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author created
atmosphere |
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mood
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how the reader feels afterwards
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end rhyme
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rhyme in the last lines of a poem
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approximate rhyme
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close but not perfect rhymes
look like they should rhyme but don't sound like it ex. lap, shape |
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internal rhyme
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rhyme that occurs within a line or passage
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meter (iambic pentameter)
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rhymatic pattern
10 syllables stress then unstressed |
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personification
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giving an object a human trait
ex. the trees branched reached out to the sky for life |
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sonnet
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14 lines, iambic pentameter, expresses a single thought,
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Petrarchean (Italian) Sonnet
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1st 8 lines -octave
abbaabba last 6 lines-sestet cdcdcd ??????? |
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Spenserian (English) Sonnet
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a b a b b c b c c d c d e e
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Shakespearean (Elizabethan) sonnet
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a b a b
c d c d e f e f g g 3 quatrains of alternating rhyme and a couplet |
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epic
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long poem about an epic hero who has a series of great accomplishments
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lyric
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short emotional poem
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ode
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pome dedicated to someone or something
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free verse
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poem with no set structure
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blank verse
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not rhyming
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quatrain
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stanza or poem with four rhyming lines
all rhyming or alternating |
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couplet
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pair that rhyme and are the same lenght
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octave
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stanza or poem of eight rhyming lines
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sestet
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stanza or poem of six rhyming lines
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irony
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use of words to create a meaning that is the opposite
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narrative irony
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distance of knowledge between author/narrator/character/
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allegory
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fable
symbolic narritive |
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essay
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short literary composition about a particular topic
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expositary essay
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explain or aquainte the reader with a certain topic
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narrative essay
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story told from the narrartor's point of view, who is tipicall yourself about yourself
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persuasive essay
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essay that attempts to persuade the reader to share the author's opinion on a topic
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critical essay
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statement of opinion
usually expresses both postive and negative aspects |
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personal essay
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express what the author thinks and feels about a particular topic
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parallelism
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likeness
similarity |
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point of view
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how the story is being told
who the narrator is |
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first person
omniscient |
author is telling the story from their point of view
retelling of a story where the author now knows everything |
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first limited
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author is telling the story as they are experiencing it
doesn't know everything |
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third
omniscient |
he,she, it, they, tell the story
retelling where the narrator knows everything |
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third limited
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he, she, it, they, tell the story as they are experiencing it
don't know everything |
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satire
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pokes fun at an idea or way to provoke change
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aphorism
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witty statement of wisdom
ex. children should be seen not heard |
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colloquialism
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characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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stream of consciousness
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character's thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences, syntactic structure, distinctions between various levels of reality, or the like
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anecdote
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short account of a particular nature usually amusing
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aside
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characters on stage can not hear it
intented for the audiece's ears, to let them in on something |
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elegy
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mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem
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euphemism
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
ex. pass away=to die |
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idiom
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a language, dialect, or style of speaking peculiar to a people.
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parody
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pokes fun at a topic just to make fun of or insult
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