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10 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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Story in which people, things, and events have another meaning
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Ambiguity
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Multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially two meanings that are incompatible
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Apostrophe
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Direct, address, usually to someone or something that is not present.
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Connotation
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The implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning (denotation)
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Convention
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Device of style or subject so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expressions.
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Denotation
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The dictionary meaning of a word, as opposed to connotation.
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Symbol
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Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else.
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Syntax
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The structure of a sentence; the arrangement of words in a sentence
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Tone
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The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning.
Result of allusion, diction, figurative language, imagery, irony, symbol, syntax, style |
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Theme
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Main thought expressed by a work.
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