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29 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
Repetition of initial letter in 2 or more words |
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Allusion |
Casual reference to a historical event, literacy figure or event |
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Anachronism |
False assignment of an event, langauge or a person toa time when that event wasnt in existence |
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Analogy |
A comparison of two things by which one unfamiliar object or idea is explained by comparing it with familiar objects or ideas |
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Antagonist |
Character directly opposed to the protagonist |
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Antithesis |
A literacy technique in which opposite or strongly contrasting statements are balanced against each other for emphasis. Opposition of ideas, but similar gramatical structure. (Man proposes, God disposes" |
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Apostrophe |
Words adressed to an absent person, thing or idea "O judgement! Thou are fled to brutish beasts |
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Aside |
Remark made by a character for the audience |
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Assonance |
Similarity of sound between vowels |
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Blank verse |
Unrhymed verse, usually five stress line. Iambic pentameter - lines of 2 feet (iambs) of alternating unstressed/stressed syllables repeated five time (pentameter |
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Bon Mot |
Clever Saying |
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Cacophony |
Harsh or dissonant sounds deliberately used by writers, especially poets, to achieve a particular effect, opposite of euphony |
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Casesura |
A break in the metrical progress of verse. Used for emphasis or to reduce stiffness of formal patterns. Usually placed near middle of a verse |
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Colloquialism |
An expression used in informal conversation; slang |
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Comic Relief |
Humorous scene in the course of a serious work |
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Connotation |
An additional, suggested or implied meaning of words |
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Consonance |
Repeated identical consonant sonds. Final syllables agree but vowels differ. (yellow and shallow) |
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Contrast |
One element is thrown in opposition to another for sake of emphasis or clearness |
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Couplet |
Two successive lines rhyming aa and containing with the two lines a complete independant statement |
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Denotation |
Specific exact meaning of word |
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Diction |
Accurate careful use of words for meaning to be conveyed: formal, informal, colloquial and slang |
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Dramatic Irony |
Words or acts of a character carrying meaning unknown to him/her but understood by audience |
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Dramatic monologue |
Lyric poem, dramatic moment in the speaker's life |
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Elision |
Omission of part of a word for ease of pronunciation |
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Enjambment |
Device of continuing the sense and gramatical construction of a verse or couplet on into the next |
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Epithet |
Phrase highlighting characteristic of person or thing |
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Euphony |
Pleasing/smooth sounds, produced by long vowels |
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Foil |
Character who enhances another character |
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Foreshadowing |
Indication of events that are to come |
