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32 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repetition of internal consonant sound
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Allusion
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a rhetorical technique in which reference is made to a noun
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Antagonist
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character that is against the protagonist aka bad guy
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Aphorism
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short
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Archetype
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an inherited ancestral memory or motif that recurs thought history and literature.
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Aside
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statement made to audience that other actors can’t hear
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Chorus
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people who speak directly to the audience to convey the authors point-of-view or to introduce story details
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Dramatic Irony
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something that is known by the audience but not know to the characters
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Foil
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a character whose attributes contrast with another characters attributes
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Foreshadowing
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presenting material that hints at an event that occurs later in the story
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Hyperbole
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an exaggeration made for a rhetorical effect
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Imagery
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images in a literary work
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Irony Of The Situation
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an event that occurs that violates characters or audiance
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Legend
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story coming form the past
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Metaphor
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when one thing is written as thought it was another
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Motif
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reoccurring element in a piece of art
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Onomatopoeia
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a word for a sound
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Personification
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giving an unhuman thing human characteristics
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Protagonist
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main character in a piece of art
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Satire
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humorous writing intended to point out errors
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Simile
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connecting 2 unlike objects
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Soliloquy
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speech giving to audience by lone character
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Symbolism
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object has a deeper meaning then it’s real purpose
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Synecdoche
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part represents whole. All hands on deck. Hands=body
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Tragedy
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sad story
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Tragic Flaw
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the weakness in the main character that will
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Tragic Hero
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Hurcules
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Anaphora
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A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.
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Asyndeton
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the omission of conjunctions
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Ode
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a poem intended to be sung.
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Polysyndeton
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The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere.
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Verisimilitude
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something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
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