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52 Cards in this Set
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Local Color
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A detailed setting forth of the characteristics of a particular locality, enabling the reader to "see" the setting.
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Lyric Poem
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A short poem wherein the poet expresses an emotion or illuminates some principle of life. Ex. on their death bed waiting for death in all its grandeur, encounters a common house fly instead. |
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of the words "like" or "as".
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Meter
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A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or lines of poetry.
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Metonomy
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A figure of speech in which a word represents something else which is suggests. ex. fifty hands = 25 people |
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Mood
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The atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work.
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Myth
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An unverifiable story based upon a religious belief. Ex. gods and goddess characters |
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Narrative Poem
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A poem which tells a story.
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Novel
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A fictional prose work of substantial length.
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Ode
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A poem in praise of something divine or expressing some noble idea. Ex. "Ode on a Grecian Urn" expresses appreciation of the art the Grecian created. |
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Onomatopoeia
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A literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents.
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Oxymoron
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A combination of contradictory terms. Ex. " O brawling love! O loving hate! // O heavy lightness, " |
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Parable
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A brief story, told or written in order to teach a moral lesson.
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Paradox
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A situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not. Ex. "That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me," |
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Parallel Structure
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A repetition of sentences using the same structure.
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Parody
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A literary work that imitates the style of another literary work.
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Pastoral
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A literary work that has to do with shepherds and rustic settings.
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Pathetic Fallacy
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A literary device wherein something non-human found in nature-a beast, plant, stream, natural force, etc.- performs as though from human feeling or motivation.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics.
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Plot
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The structure of the story.
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Point of View
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First person- their perspective. Third person- perspective of an onlooker. |
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Protagonist
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The hero or central character of a literary work.
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Pun
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A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.
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Quatrin
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A four-line stanza which may be rhymed or unrhymed.
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Resolution
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The part of a story or drama that establishes a new norm after the climax.
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Rhyme
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In poetry, a pattern of repeated sounds. End rhyme - the rhyme is at the end of the line. Internal rhyme- occur within the line. Eye rhyme- look to rhyme, but does not. Half rhyme- final consonant rhymes but the vowel sounds do not. |
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Rhythm
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Recurrences of stressed and unstressed syllables at equal intervals, similar to meter.
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Rising Action
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The part of a drama which begins with the exposition and sets the stage for the climax.
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Romance
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In the Middle Ages, tales of exciting adventures written in the vernacular (French) instead of Latin. Medieval tales of chivalry or amorous adventure occurring in King Arthur's court.
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Saga
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A story of the exploits of a hero, or the story of a family told through several generations.
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Satire
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A piece of literature designed to ridicule the subject of the work.
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Scansion
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A close, critical reading of a poem, examining the work for meter.
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Setting
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The time and place in which a story unfolds.
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Short Story
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A short fictional narrative.
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Simile
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A figure of speech which takes the form of a comparison between two unlike quantities for which a bases of comparison can be found, uses the words "like" and "as".
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Soliloquy
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A moment when a character is alone and speaks his or her thoughts aloud.
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Sonnet
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A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed.
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Spondee
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A metrical pattern characterized by two or more successively-placed accented syllables.
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Stanza
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A major subdivision in a poem. Two lines-couplet Three lines-tercet Four lines-quatrain |
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Stereotype
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An Author's method of treating a character so that the character is immediately identified with a group.
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Style |
The author's use of figurative language, diction, sound effects and other literary devices.
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Subtext
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A term denoting what a character means by what they say when there is a disparity between diction and intended meaning.
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Suspense
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The reader's identification with and concern for the welfare of a convincing and sympathetic character, and an anticipation of violence.
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Symbolism
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A device in literature where an object represents an idea.
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Synecdoche
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A figure of speech wherein a part of something represents the whole thing.
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Synesthesia
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One sensory experience described in terms of another sensory experience.
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Theatre of the Absurd
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A drama based on an absurd situation.
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Theme
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An ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity.
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Tone
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Tone expresses the author's attitude toward his or her subject. |
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Tragedy
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A type of drama which is pre-eminently the story of one person, the hero.
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Trochee
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A metrical pattern in a line of poetry characterized by one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
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Understatement
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A statement which lessons or minimizes the importance of what is meant.
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