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27 Cards in this Set
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Allegory
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A story with more than one level of meaning, usually teaches a moral or a lesson
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Apostrophe
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Writer speaks directly to an idea, quality, object, or person not present
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Citation
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quote authorative sources, page numbers in a source
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Colloquial
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Characteristic to a particular region; informal in diction or style
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Connotation
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Emotional meaning of a word
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Denotation
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Explicit, literal, dictionary meaning of a word
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Digression
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To stray from the point
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Dynamic character
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One who changes in personality or attitude during the story
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Ellipsis
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Omission of words necessary for the complete construction but not necessary for understanding
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Idiomatic
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Cannot be translated literally; characteristics of a given language
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Irony
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Contrast between expected/unexpected, what is stated/meant
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Metaphor
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Comparison between dissimilar things
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Meter (poem)
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Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse
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Parable
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Simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson
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paradox
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contradicting truth
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Persuasion
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speaking/writing intended to influence actions of another
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Protagonist
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Central or sympathetic character
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Resolution
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Final unraveling of plot and conflicts
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Speaker
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The voice in a poem- character or poet?
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Static character
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A character who does not change during the coarse of the story
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Syllogism
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Formula for presenting an argument logically
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Symbolism
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Use of an object that maintains its own meaning and stands for something else
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Theme
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The main idea
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Tone
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Attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader
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Trite
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Overused; Commonplace; cliche
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Turning point
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Crucial moment when fate is sealed and ending will be happy/unhappy
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Understatement
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Saying less that what is meant
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