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51 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
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alLITERAtion: LITERA>LITERALLY (says this a lot)
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Conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of a story's plot
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Flashback
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a scene that interrupts the action of a narrative to describe events that took place at an earlier time
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Free Verse
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poetry that does not have regular patterns of rhyme and meter
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Foreshadowing
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a writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story
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Hyperbole
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a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common
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Onomatopoeia
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the process of creating or using words that imitate sounds
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Parallelism
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the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance
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Rhetorical Question
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a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point, rather than to elicit an answer
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Stream of Consciousness
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a technique that was developed by modernist writers to present the flow of a character's seemingly unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations
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Theme
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an underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand
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Tone
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a writer's attitude toward his or her subject
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Stereotype
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an over simplified image of a person, group, or institution
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Simile
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a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common, using a word such as like or as
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Romanticism
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a movement in the arts that flourished in Europe and America throughout much of the 19th century
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Regionalism
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a literary movement that arose from an effort to accurately represent the speech, manners, habits, history, etc.
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Naturalism
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a literary movement that originated in France in the late 1800s
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Realism
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any effort to offer an accurate and detailed portrayal of actual life
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George
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cautious, smart, parent-like, hurtful
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Crooks
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the black stable-hand, crooked back
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Curley's Wife
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only female character in story
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Lennie
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down-to-earth, childish, dumb, forgetful
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Carlson
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a ranch-hand, complains about Candy's dog
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Jay Gatsby
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the title character and protagonist
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Nick Carraway
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novel's narrator, goes to New York to learn the bond business
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Daisy Buchanan
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Nick's cousin, and the woman Gatsby loves
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Tom Buchanan
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Daisy's immensely wealthy husband
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Jordan Baker
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Daisy's friend, a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved with
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Myrtle Wilson
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Tom's lover
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Henry Gatz
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Gatsby's father who is one of the only people to attend Gatsby's funeral
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Acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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knowing information for a quiz
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Animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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Belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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work or labor
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Celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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celerity/celebrity (try to get away from paparazzi quickly)
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Consummate
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complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection
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Credence
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belief, mental acceptance
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Decry
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to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
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decry- to cry out
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Disarray
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disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder
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disarray-disorder
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Feckless
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lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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Flotsam
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floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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flotsam-floating
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Incarcerate
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to imprison, confine, jail
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Incumbent
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obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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Intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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Maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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maelstrom-maelstorm
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Murky
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dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
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Propinquity
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nearness in place or time; kinship
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approximately
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Pusillanimous
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contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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being a pussy
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Recumbent
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in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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recumbent-reclining
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Substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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Summarily
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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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