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10 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
▪A sequence of repeated sounds ■ The snake slowly slithered |
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Clause |
▪Part of a sentence ■ Walking down the street, she saw her best friend. |
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Dramatic irony |
▪Characters are blind to fateful circumstances of which the audience are fully aware ■ Vincenzo: She knows it not, but my plot is now hatched. Watch these movements, for the woman I will catch. |
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Panegyric |
▪A speech or poem praising someone. ■ His eyes like stars |
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Register |
▪A particular part of the range of a voice or instrument. ■ Informal register: yo bruv, what's your beef? |
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Rhyming couplet |
▪A pair of lines that rhyme ■ Her face was red. She lay in bed. |
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Tone |
▪The general character or attitude of a piece of writing. ■ Trust her to lower the tone of the conversation. |
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Wit (witty adj) |
▪Understanding or intelligence, showing imagination. ■ His caustic wit cuts through the humbug. |
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Theme (thematic adj.) |
▪An idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. ■ Romance and death are the themes of Romeo and Juliet. |
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Climax- (Climatic adj.) |
▪The most intense, exciting or important point of something. ■ She was nearing the climax of her speech. |
