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24 Cards in this Set
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Front (Term) Aside |
Back (Definition) Lines whispered to characters alliteration |
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Front (Term) Alliteration |
Back (Definition) Repetition of same sounds at start of wordsallusion |
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Front (Term) Allusion |
Back (Definition) Reference to a well known thing |
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Comic Relief |
Funny line in a serious part of play |
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Personification |
Giving human qualities to a non human |
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Metaphor |
Comparison of unlike things not using like or as |
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Similie |
Comparing things using like or as |
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Dramatic irony |
Speakers words opposite of intended meaning , you know something the characters don't |
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Verbal irony |
Spoken irony |
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Situational irony |
Surprised of end, you don't know what happens |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration for effect |
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Oxymoron |
When opposite terms are combined |
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Symbol |
Representing something |
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Foreshadowing |
Predicting future events |
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Conflict |
Main tension, external and internal |
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Climax |
Highest point of story , big change or event |
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Exposition |
Comprehensive description of something |
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Theme |
Subject of story |
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Mood |
How the attitude of the story is |
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Tone |
How the writer is speaking the story |
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Tragic hero |
Person that saves the plot |
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Tragic flaw |
character trait leading to downfall |
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Foil |
Character used as a contrast to another character |
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Characterization |
How to character was through the story |
