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20 Cards in this Set
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a long narrative that recounts the deeds of a larger- than- life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
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Epic
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comparison of two things in order to explain something
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Analogy
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Reference made to another work of literature
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Allusion
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a story that is heavily symbolic
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Allegory
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when a writer or speaker says one thing but really means the opposite, as when someone comes inside from the sub-zero weather and says “it’s a bit chilly out there”.
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Verbal Irony
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when one unexpected outcome occurs
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Situational Irony
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when the audience knows something that the characters don’t know
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Dramatic Irony
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when you repeat the same grammatical structure
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Structural Parallelism
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Another type of parallelism you repeat yourself in different words
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Restatement
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type of parallelism that is the contrast of one line( 2 statements that contradict each other)
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Antithesis
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comparison of two unlike things that go on for several lines
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Extended Metaphor
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model or hero that severs for a myth
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Archetype
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sacred song or hymn
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Psalm
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speaker talks to something that can’t talk back (ex. talking to a wall)
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Apostrophe
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a story that had some basis in historical fact but over the years as it was told it got changed
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Legend
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story that ends with a question
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Enigma Tale
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a short witty saying
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Proverb
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all knowing narrator
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Omniscient point of view
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a universal figure in world myths and folktales(messes things up)
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Trickster
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excessive pride
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Hubris
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