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14 Cards in this Set
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Situational Irony |
-the opposite happens than what you expect - ex. Ballad of Birmingham |
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Soliloquy |
-let's audience know what the character is thinking -ex. To be or not to be |
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Stanza |
- division of four or more lines having a fixed rhyming scheme - No example |
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Stream of Consciousness |
- a form of writing that attempts to mirror a character's mind; not linear - ex. When Simon talks to the beast |
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Theme |
- a sentence about the main idea - ex. Love is impulsive. R&J |
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Symbolism |
- signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings - Piggy represents reason and intelligence |
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Synecdoche |
- figure of speech where a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part - ex. May I have your hand in marriage |
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Tragic Flaw |
- a trait in a character leading to his downfall - Hare's tragic flaw is arrogance |
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Truism |
- a statement of an obvious truth - ex. You miss every opportunity you don't take |
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Unreliable Narrator |
- a narrator in which the audience can't trust their credibility - ex. The Telltale Heart |
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Understatement |
- Lessens the degree of a statement - Hitler is not a nice person |
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Verbal Irony |
- sarcastic, meaning the opposite of what you say - Luke is the most rational person ever |
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Zeugma |
- when one word modifies two or more words incongruently - ex. You are free to execute you laws and your people as you see fit |
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Deus Ex Machina |
- an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation - ex. Lord of the Flies |
