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32 Cards in this Set
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plot
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a sequence in which a story unfolds
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setting
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a time period
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syntax
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the way words are put together
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diction
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word choice, verbal expression, choice and use of words and phrases, in speech or writing
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tone/mood
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the feeling the author wants you to feel from, the text or speech
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theme
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what the meaning is behind the text or speech, general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express
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euphemism
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the substitution of an agreeable of less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener
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metaphor
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the conversion of unlike things
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simile
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comparing tow things using like or as
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hyperbole
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extreme exaduration
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personification
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giving a none human object a human quality
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Anthropomorphism
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giving gods human qualities
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symbol
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is when an object or an action is not its literal meaning
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pun
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the using humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its similar in sound
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image
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language that evokes one of the five senses
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oxymoron
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two things put together usually as opposite
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onomatopoeia
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ex. bamm, pow, boom, chica
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alliteration
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is a repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds
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consonance
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the repetition of consonance sounds
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allusions
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a brief reference to a person event or place real of fictitious or to a work of art
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analogy
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a comparison two pairs which have the same relationship
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anastrophe
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inversion of the normal syntactic order of words
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antithesis
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opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
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cacophony
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harsh joying of sounds
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irony
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an expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning; the words say one thing but mean another
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metonymy
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substitution of one word for another which it suggests
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paradox
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an assertion seemingly opposed to common sense but that may yet have some truth in it
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pleonasm
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use of superfluous or redundant words often enriching the thought
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archetype
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is the usage of any object or situation as it was originally made think of it as the biggest cliche but one that never dies
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cliche
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an expression, idea or element of an artistic work which has been over used to the point of losing its original meaning or effect
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scansion
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a way to mark a metrical pattern of a line of poetry
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