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15 Cards in this Set
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Lyric
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Poetry that expresses poet's emotions
Often tells a brief story |
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Metaphor
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Comparison that doesnt use "like" "as"
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Meter
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Pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables in the lines of poem
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Monologue
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Long speech by one character in a play or story
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Mood
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Emotional atmosphere of a piece of writing
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Motif
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Theme or pattern recurs in a work
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Myth
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Legend that embodies beliefs of people
Explains phenomena |
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Onomatopoeia
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Words that sound like what they mean
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Oxymoron
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Phrase made up of two opposite words
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Paradox
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Seeming contradiction
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Parody
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Humorous, exaggerated imitation of another work
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Personification
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Giving an inanimate object human characteristics
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Plot
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Action of story
Summarizes main story of literary work |
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Prose
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Writing organized into sentences
Normal writing |
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Protagonist
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Main character of a novel, play, or story
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