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24 Cards in this Set
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alliteration
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repetition of initial consonant sounds
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allusion
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references to well-known ideas/other works of literature/historical events
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antagonist
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character who opposes main character
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dramatic irony
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audience knows more than the character
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first person
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narrator character in story
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foreshadowing
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hinting that something will happen
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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metaphor
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direct comparison between two unlike things
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irony
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reversal of expectations
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onomatopoeia
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sound of word reflects its meaning
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pathetic fallacy
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human emotion is reflected in nature
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personification
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giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
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protagonist
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main character in story
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simile
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direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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symbol
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something that represents both itself and something else
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theme
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main idea of story; cannot be a sentence
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third person limited |
narrator only knows what character knows |
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third person omniscient |
narrator knows everything
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setting
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the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place
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verbal irony |
when something is said but means another
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situational irony |
when something happens, and a reversal of expectations occurs
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iambic pentameter
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a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
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juxtaposition |
two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. |
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diction
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the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing
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