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46 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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repitition of same sounding letters
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds within a phrase
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Onomatopoeia
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words that sound like a sound we are trying to describe (Pow, bang, hssss)
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Rhyme
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Similarity of sound
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Perfect rhyme
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sound exactly the same
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Slant / near rhyme
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Sound close, but not exact (seal & sail) (bell & ball)
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End rhyme
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rhyme comes at the end of the line
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Internal rhyme
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rhyme w/i the line itself
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Eye rhyme
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words look like they would rhyme, but when pronounced they don't rhyme (tough, through, though)
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end-stop line
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line that has punctuation at the end signaling a pause or "stop"
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enjambed line (enjambment)
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A line that does NOT contain punctuation at the end of it to signal a pause or stop
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meter
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rhythmic pattern of words
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scasion
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examine rhythms
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foot
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unit of rhythmic pattern that makes up meter
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iambic
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unstressed stressed / unstressed stressed
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tone
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intentions, mood, attitude
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denotation
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dictionary meaning of a word
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connotation
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associated meaning
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diction
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word choice & tone
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syntax
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word order
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imagery
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concrete discription of something we feel, see, or hear
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apostrophe
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addressing something inanimate
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simile
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comparison using like, as
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metaphor
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comparison of two unlike things
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paradox
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on the surface it seems to be a contradiction, but it actually does contain truth
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symbol
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a word that represents something else
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personification
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giving human characteristics to unhuman things
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metonomy
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name of something as a substitute (ie. cradle for infancy)
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synecdoche
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use part of something to represent the whole thing (ie. heavy foot means speed)
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oxymoron
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statement that contradicts itself (ie. jumbo shrimp / arming for peace)
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understatement
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minimizing something
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hyperbole
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exageration
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allusion
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alludes / refers to something else often indirectly esp. to religion, history, politics, mythology, literature
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play
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a story acted out
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tragedy
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sad ending, unhappy, not uplifting
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comedy
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funny, happy ending, uplifting
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tragic comedy
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ups & downs, don't walk away "down"
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didactic
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teaches a lesson
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plot
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sequence of events & their relation to one another
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round
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complex character
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flat
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simple character
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dialogue
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lines spoken by characters that advance plot and reveal characters
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theme
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the underlying message
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staging
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set
character blocking props costumes / make-up lighting music |
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character blocking
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locations of actors
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difference b/n tone & subject
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Subject - what the main idea is; what it is about
Tone - author's ideas / feelings about the subject; view on the subject |
