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24 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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a narration or description usually restricted to a single meaning because its events, actions, characters, settings, and objects represent specific abstractions or ideas.
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a sequence of words, usually at the beginning of a word or stressed syllable.
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allusion
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a brief reference to a person, place, thing, event or idea in history or literature.
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anagram
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a word or phrase made from the letters of another word or phrase, as "heart" is an anagram of "earth."
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antagonist
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a protagonist who has the opposite of most the traditional attributes of a hero.
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catharsis
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meaning "purgation" describes the release of the emotions of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy
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chorus
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in Greek tragedies, a group of people who serve mainly as commentators on the characters and events
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conflict
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the struggle within the plot between opposing forces
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couplet
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two consecutive lines of poetry that usually ryhme and have the same meter.
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playwright
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a writer who makes plays
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metaphor
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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the word like or as
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paraphrase
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a prose restatement of the central ideas of a poem, in your own language
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protagonist
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the main character of a narrative
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recognition
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the moment in a story when previously unknown or withheld information is revealed to the protagonist, resulting in the discovery of the truth of his or her sitiuation and, usually, a decisive change in course for that character
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reversal
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the point of the story when the protagonist's fortunes turn in an unexpected direction
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setting
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the physical and social context in which the action of the story occurs.
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smilie
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a common figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two things by using the words such as like or as.
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speaker
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the voice used by an author to tell a story or speak a poem.
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theme
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the central meaning or dominant idea in a literary work
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tragedy
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a story that presents courageous individuals who confront powerful forces within or outside themselves with a dignity that reveals the breadth and depth of the human spirit in the face of failure, defeat, and even death
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tragic flaw
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an error or defect in the tragic hero that leads to his downfall, such as greed, pride, or ambition
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dramatic irony
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creates a discrepancy between what a character believes or says and what the reader or audience member knows to be true
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Transparent Name
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It's when the name itself is
suggestive about the character's qualities, even before we meet the character and his/her description. |
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Tragic Fall
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the change of a character from extraordinary to typical
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