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45 Cards in this Set
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allegory
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a story in which characters and events represent qualitites or concepts
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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allusion
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figure of speech which makes brief reference to an historical or litereary figure, event, or object
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ambiguity
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the expression of a idea in language which gives more than one meaning and leaves uncertainty as to the meaning
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anapest
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meter having two unstressed syllables, followed by a stressed syllable (--/)
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antagonist
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the character in a narrative or play who is in conflict with the main character
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anti-hero
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a protagonist who is the antithesis of the hero - graceless, inept, stupid, sometimes dishonest
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apostrophe
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addressing someone of something, usally not present, as though present
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ballad
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a form of verse to be sung or recited and characterized by a dramatic of exciting episode in narrative form
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archetype
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a recurring pattern of situations, character, or symbols exciting instinctively in the collective unconscious of man
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aside
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a statement delivered by a actor in such a way that the other characters on stage are presumed not to have heard it
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assonance
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similarity or repitition on a vowel sound in two or more words in a line of verse.
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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cacophony
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the use of seemingly harsh, unmusical sounds
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caesura
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a pause for effect in the middle of a line of poetry
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catharsis
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Aristotle's word for the pity and fear an audience experiences upon viewing the downfall of a hero
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characterization
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the techniques employed by authors to develop characters: actions, descriptions, dialogue, thoughts, inferences
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classicism
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an approach to literature which emphasizes reason, harmony, balance, proportion, clarity, and the imitation of ancient
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climax
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the turning point, or crisis, in a play or other piece of literature
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comedy
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a work which strives to provoke smiles and laughter
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complication
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the part of a plot in which the entaglment caused by the conflict is developed
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conceit
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an extended metaphor - two unlike things are compared in several ways
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conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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connotation
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the emotional implications that a word may carry
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consonance
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repetition of a consonant sound in two or more words in a line of verse.
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couplet
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a pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter
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crisis
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the climax or turning point of a story or play
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dactyl
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three syllable foot consisiting of an accented syllable followed by the unaccented syllables
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denotation
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the specific, exact meaning of a word
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denouement
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the resolution of a plot
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catharsis
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Aristotle's word for the pity and fear an audience experiences upon viewing the downfall of a hero
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characterization
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the techniques employed by authors to develop characters: actions, descriptions, dialogue, thoughts, inferences
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classicism
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an approach to literature which emphasizes reason, harmony, balance, proportion, clarity, and the imitation of ancient
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climax
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the turning point, or crisis, in a play or other piece of literature
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comedy
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a work which strives to provoke smiles and laughter
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complication
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the part of a plot in which the entaglment caused by the conflict is developed
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conceit
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an extended metaphor - two unlike things are compared in several ways
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conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces
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connotation
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the emotional implications that a word may carry
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consonance
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repetition of a consonant sound in two or more words in a line of verse.
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couplet
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a pair of rhyming lines written in the same meter
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crisis
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the climax or turning point of a story or play
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dactyl
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three syllable foot consisiting of an accented syllable followed by the unaccented syllables
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denotation
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the specific, exact meaning of a word
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denouement
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the resolution of a plot
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