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22 Cards in this Set
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active voice |
kevin was hitting the ball (passive) vs kevin hit the ball (active) |
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allegory |
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one |
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allusion |
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference |
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analogy |
a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
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antagonist |
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary |
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antithesis |
a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else |
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apostrophe |
an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified). |
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argumentative essay |
investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner |
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anecdotal evidence |
based on hearsay rather than hard facts |
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archaic language |
very old fashioned language |
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aside |
a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play |
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assonance |
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible |
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ballad |
a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown |
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ballad stanza |
a four-line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet |
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blank verse |
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter |
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cacophony |
a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds |
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character foil |
In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character |
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cliché |
a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought |
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colloquialism |
a word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation |
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connotation |
an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning |
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consonance |
Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase. This repetition often takes place in quick succession such as in pitter, patter |
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couplet |
a pair of successive lines of verse, especially a pair that rhyme and are of the same length |
