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59 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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a summary of a book or document
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accent
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emphasis on a syllable of a word
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ad hominum fallacy
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criticizing a position by calling to attention irrelevant, personal characteristics of someone who holds it
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ad populum fallacy
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a fallacy of logic in which widespread occurence of something is assumed to make it right or true
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aesthetics
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study of beauty and appeal
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alternating rhyme scheme
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ABAB
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allegory
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comparison story (truth with fiction) with the purpose to teach
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alliteration
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vowels & consonant sounds repeated
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allusion
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hint or reference to other writings
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ambiguity
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double meaning of a word, often obscure
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anachronism
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something out of it's proper time
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analogy
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direct comparison
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anapest
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metric foot in poetry with two stressed syllables, follwed by one unstressed syllable
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anecdote
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a short narrative of an interesting nature
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annotation
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a textual comment made by an author or editor
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anthology
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a collection of literary works
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anticlimax
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an "effect" that goes against the climax
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antonym
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words that are opposite in meaning
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aphorism
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a short statement of truth; a maxim
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apostrophe
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addressing a person not present
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appeal to authority
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a citation of information from people recognized for their special knowlege of a subject (for the purpose of strengthening an arguement)
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aside
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undertoned statement to the audience (presumed inaudiable to the other characters)
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assonance
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close repition of similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllables
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atmosphere
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mood
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autobiographical
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life story written by self
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tone words (A)
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argumentative, angry, analytic, archaic
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ballad
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narrative poem arrange in quatrains with regular rhyme and rhythm (ABAB)
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ballad stanza
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a quatrain of tetrameter and trimeter lines, rhyming ABCB
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beginning rhyme
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rhyming initial sounds of the last two lines
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bibliography
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source page of reference (MLA, APA)
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biography/biographical
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life story written by someone else
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black humour
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writing in grotesque elements are juxtaposed with humourous/faricial ones
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blank verse
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poetry with no rhyme, definite rhythm
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BCE/CE and BC/AD
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anon domine – in the year of our Lord
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between vs. among
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between is with two people and among is with three (or more) people
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brackets
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use [ ] to change tense or person in direct quote
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begging the question
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a fallacy of logic argument that assumes as true, the very thing one is attempting to prove
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tone words (B)
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bitter, bold
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cacophony
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discordant or harsh sounds (for poetic effect)
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cadence
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natural rhythm of language
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caricature
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character of certain selected features exaggerated for comic relief
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catharsis
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purging of emotions (tragic)
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carpe diem
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Latin for “Seize the Day”
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chain verse
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stanzas are linking by rhymes or patterns of repetition
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chiasmus
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Greek meaning “placing crosswise”
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cliche
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overused word or phrase
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climax
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high point of a plot
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closet drama
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a play meant to be read, not performed
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comedy
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a literary work especially in plays commonly having a happy ending
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conflict
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opposition of two characters or forces
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connotation
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popular meaning of a word
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couplet
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two lines that rhyme
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crisis
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time where conflict is intensified to the point where resolution often occurs
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colloquial
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slang in one place
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collective noun
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treating as one unit, therefore singular
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comma splice
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using a comma incorrectly
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corrective conjunction
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needs parallel structure (not only/but also)
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tone words (C)
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callous, comical
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purpose of a piece (C)
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criticize, condemn, present conflict, establish character
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