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35 Cards in this Set
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Ramirez
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Nicaragua; Charles Atlas Also Dies
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Valenzuela
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Argentina; I'm Your Horse in the Night
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Allende
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Chile; Phantom Palace
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Neruda
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Chile; The United Fruit Company
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Guillen
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Cuba; Ballad of the Two Grandfathers
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Cesaire
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Martinique; Out of Alien Days
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Senghor
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Senegal; Prayer to Masks
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Yambo
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Mali; When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out
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Rifaat
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Egypt; Another Evening at the Club
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Aidoo
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Ghana; In The Cutting of a Drink
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Mahfouz
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Egypt; The Happy Man
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Abu-Khalid
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Saudi-Arabia; Mother's Inheritance
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Colette
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France; The Other Wife
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Buzatti
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Italy; The Falling Girl
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Breton
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France; Free Union
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Metaphor
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compares two things without using "like" or "as"
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Simile
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compares two things using "like" or "as"
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Personification
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when non-human things are given human characteristics
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Apostrophe
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a turning away. Occurs when the speaker addresses words to some person or thing
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Oxymoron
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Links two terms that are complete opposites
ex. The little giant |
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Theme
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The essential subject of the story, dominant idea and meaning.
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Plot
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The organization of a series of actions or events
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Narrative
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a record of events that happened
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Setting
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the physical location of the events and the time in which they occur
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Alliteration
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repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Assonance
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repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words
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Consonance
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substitution of vowels within words that have the same consonant sounds
ex. tick/tock |
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Onomatopoeia
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words that sound like what they mean (ooze, buzz, click..)
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Rhyme
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words that repeat the same sounds
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Imagery
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words that involve the 5 senses (touch, taste, sight, smell, and sound)
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Hyperbole
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Overstatement, exaggeration
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Tone
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the stance taken in writing toward its subject (mocking, aggressive, bitter, etc)
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Satire
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using irony, sarcasm, or mockery that combines humor and wit with a criticism of human folly
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Surrealism
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writing that focuses on what is beyond reality and rationality. Influenced by Freudian psychology
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Magic Realism
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an objective reality with elements of fantasy that appear to occur in a very natural manner
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