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38 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Denotation
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The dictionary definition
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Diction
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word choice
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Didatic
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negative teaching
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Euphemism
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less offensive substitute for foul language
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Extended Metaphor
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long metaphor
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Figurative Language
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writing not meant to have literal meaning
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Figure of Speech
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device used to produce figurative language
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generic conversation
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describes traditions for each genre
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genre
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type of writing
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homily
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a sermon
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hyperbole
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deliberate exageration of overstatement
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imagery
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sensory details used to describe or arouse emotion
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inference
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draw a reasonable conclusion from information present
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inveture
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emotionally violent
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irony
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difference between what appears and the truth
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loose sentence
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where the main idea comes first followed by dependent grammatical units.
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metaphor
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using comparison for unseemingly unlike things
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metonomy
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substitute name for something
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mood
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literacy, setting, tone, events
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narrative
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telling of a story
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onomatopeia
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dealing with natural sound
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oxymoron
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where the author rights about two different opposites
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paradox
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statement that appears to be contradictory but is true
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parrallelism
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things that are a like
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parody
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work for comic affect
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Allegory
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usuing character or story elements to show symbolically something
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Alliteration
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repetitive sounds
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Allusion
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a reference to something known
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Ambiguity
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mulitple meaning of a word
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Analogy
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comparison of something
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Antecedent
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word or phrase referring to a pronoun
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Aphorism
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to the point
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Apostrophe
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a figure of speech that addresses an absent or imaginary person
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Atmosphere
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the emotional mood created by the literary work
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Clause
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grammitcal unit containing a subject and verb
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Colloquiallism
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using slang for informal diction
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Conceit
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a fancy expression
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Connotation
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suggested meaning of a word
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