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40 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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Story where the characters are abstractions/events, settings are symbols
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Allusion
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Reference to a well-known person, literary work
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Analogy
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An extended metaphor, a comparison of two things not considered
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Antithesis
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Contrast of opposite thoughts
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Aphorism
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Brief Statement of a general truth
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Apostrophe
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Figure in speech where speaker directly adresses an absent person, an object, or an idea
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Archetype
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A universal symbol that exists on an unconsious level.
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Argument
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Discourse where writer presents and supports a particular opinion. It uses devices of logic.
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Colloquialism
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Informal words or expresions not usualy acceptable in formal writing
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Conceit
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unusual or far-fetched comparison
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Connotation
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The suggested or implied meaning of a word
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Description
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one of the four modles of discourse that describes people, places and things
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Dirge
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mournful poem
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Denotation
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the direct, specific meaning of a word
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Epigram
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brief statement of general truth, usually expressed poetically
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Epithet
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a descriptive name
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Exposition
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one of the four models of discourse, used to present information
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Fable
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brief story with animal characters
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Genre
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major categegory or type of literature
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Hyperbole
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a deliberate exageration or overstatement
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Inversion
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reversal of nomal word order
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Irony
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a contrast between what is stated and what is ment
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Metaphor
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figure of speech compares 2 things withou like or as
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Narration
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mode of discoure that tells a story
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Onomatopoeia
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a word formed from the imitation of natural sounds
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oxymoron
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figure of speech that combines 2 opposing ideas
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Paradox
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a statement that seems to be contradictory, but on closer consideration, is true
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Parrallelsm
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the repetition of a gramatical structure
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Paradoy
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humorous imitation of a literary work
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Pathetic Fallacy
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figure of speech that attributes human feelings to inanimate things
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personification
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figure of speech-non-human subject is given human qualaties
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persuasion
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mode of discourse that attempts to convince the reader
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Rhetoric
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the study of speaking and writing as a means of persuasion
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Rhetorical question
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a question that is asked to emphasize an idea
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Satire
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writing taht ridicules or criticizes
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Similie
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figure of speech uses like or as to create a comparison
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Syllogism
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form of reasoning-2 premises and a logical conclusion
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Symbol
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anything that stands for something else
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Understatement
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saying less than is actually ment, usually in an iroic way
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