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29 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words
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Allusion
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1. The act of alluding; indirect reference
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Analysis
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The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.
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Protagonist
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The main character in a drama or other literary work
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Antagonist
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One who opposes and contends against another
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Couplet
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1. A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines
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Dues ex machina
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a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
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Diction
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1. Choice and use of words in speech or writing.
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Dramatic irony
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The dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of the incongruity.
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Formula
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An established form of words or symbols for use in a ceremony or procedure
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Epithet
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a. A term used to characterize a person or thing
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Foil
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1. To prevent from being successful
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Hubris
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Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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Metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action
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Novella
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1. A short prose tale often characterized by moral teaching
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Oxymoron
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To Make something seem better than it is
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Personification
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3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities
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Pun
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A play on words
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Setting
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a. The context and environment in which a situation is set
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Simile
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A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared
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Soliloquy
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a. A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.
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Sonnet
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A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes
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Stanza
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One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern
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Quatrain
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A stanza or poem of four lines.
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Subtext
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The implicit meaning or theme of a literary text
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Theme
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1. A topic of discourse or discussion
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Thesis
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1. A proposition that is maintained by argument.
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Title
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The name of something
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Topic sentence
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The sentence within a paragraph or discourse that states the main thought, often placed at the beginning.
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