English Final Vocab

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Paradox

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statements that seem to contradict each other.

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Alliteration

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constant repitition of a sound.

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oxymoron

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(mini-paradox) 2 words next to each other that seem to condradict each other.

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Allusion

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refrences to events

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onomatopoeia

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words sounding like they do (ex. bark, snap)

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Assonance

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repitition of vowel sounds

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Meter

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arranged pattern of rhythm in a line of a verse

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Connotation

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cultural definition of a word

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Metaphor

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an expression comparing two things without using like or as

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Consonance

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repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the words (more soothing, calm sound) ex. (c)ut, (t)ac(k)

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Verbal irony

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saying the opposite of what is meant.

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Denotation

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dictionary definition of a word (literal meaning despite connotations)

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Imagery

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visually descriptive/ figurative language

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Diction

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word choice

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Situational irony

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the oddness or unfairness of a given situation, be it positive or negative

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Hyperbole

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exaggeration/overstatement

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Dramatic Irony

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difference between what a character believes and what the audience knows to be true

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Understatement

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saying less than what is meant

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Personification

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Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

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Tone

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composed of word choice and sound devices.
a manner of expression in writing

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Syntax

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word order

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Symbolism

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representing something

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Rhyme scheme

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ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

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Theme

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generalization about life made from a piece of literature of story,
must be expressible in the form of a statement with a subject and a predicate

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Stress

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emphasis given to a particular syllabe or word in a speech

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Stanza

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a group of lines forming a verse in a poem

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Simile

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a comparison between two things using 'like', 'as' or 'than'

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Satire

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making fun of a person or thing in order to expose fully or vise-fault/corrupt

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Speaker

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a person who delivers a speech or lecture,
NOT the writer

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Sarcasm

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cutting form of verbal irony

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poetry

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literary work giving an expression of ideas and feelings with distinctive style and rhythm

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Prose

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written or spoken language in its ordinary form

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Parody

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mockery of a specific, well known person, work, or event

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Mock-heroic

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initates but exaggerates and distorts epic style

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Pathos

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going from the serious to the ridiculous very quickly

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Pun

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a figure of speech, or word play which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words within a phrase or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious

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Iambic pentameter

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a meter in poetry comprising five iambs, where each iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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Logical fallacy

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an error in reasoning, thus rendering the argument invalid in whole,

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Bildungsroman

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the story of a single individual's growth and development withing the contect of a defined social order

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Juxaposition

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placing two or more things side by side