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22 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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objects and characters in a story which represent a second level of meaning besides the surface story.
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Anachronism
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something placed in a innaporopriate period of time
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter ( 5 beats per line ) shakespeare
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climax
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the point of greatest suspense and intensity, usually turning point
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conceit
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an extended metaphor, comparison that is elaborate
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elegy
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a poem mourning the death of a individual
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epigram
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short witty poem or statment
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epitaph
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a serious or humorous poem or statment on a gravestone
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essay
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a short composition that expresses a particular point of view
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fable
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a story told to present a moral or lesson
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flashback
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interupts to show what happened earlier
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foil
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a character whos behaviors attitudes contrast with those of the protagonist eh. Horatio for Hamlet
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litotes
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a deliberate understatment
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mood
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dominant atuitude or tone which runs through the literatre
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motivation
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conscious or unconscious drive of a character
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paradox
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statment seems contradictory at first but then makes sence
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paraphrase
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restating the meaning of a passage in your own words
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prologue
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opening skit, introduction
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sterotype
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generalized image of a ethnic or social group
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unity
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logical relation of all parts
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vignette
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percise litererary work
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wit
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brilliance, quickness, combined with cleverness of expression
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