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38 Cards in this Set
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Reference to a person, place, event, history, religion, mythology
E.G. He was Hercules lifting that desk. |
allusion
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a story written to be acted in front of an audience
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drama
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the related events that take place within a drama are often separeated in acts
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acts
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a story with no known author, originally passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth.
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folk tale
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a kind of
rhythmic compressed language that uses figure of speech, and imagery to appeal emotion and feelings |
poetry
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poetry that does not have a regular rhyme scheme
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free verse
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pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of lines of poems
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rhyme scheme
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the voice talking to us in a poem. sometimes the speaker is the author.
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speaker
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in a poem, a group of lines that form unit.
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stanza
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any writing that isn't poetry
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prose
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a contrast between what is expected and what really happens
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legend
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a story, usually based on some historical fact, that has been handed down from generation to generation
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legend
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a story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings
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myth
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repeated sounds in a phrase or sentance
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alliteration
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emotional/images associations of word
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connotion
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dictionary definition of a word
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dennotation
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extreme exaggeration
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hyperbole
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details that appeals to the senses
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imagery
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comparison between two things without using like or as
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metaphor
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use of a word that makes a sound which conveys its meanings
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onomatopeia
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use of opposite words for effect
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oxymoron
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nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
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personification
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comparison between two unlike things
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simile
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clues to later events in the story
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foreshadowing
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leaving present time and going to an earlier
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flashback
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series of events that make up stories
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plot
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struggle between opposing forces or characters
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conflict
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most exciting point of a story
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climax
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conclusion of working out of a story
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resolution
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time and place
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setting
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person, event or object that stands for something else
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symbol
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idea about life revealed
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theme
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coversation between characters
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dialogue
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a person or force the opposes the cental character
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antagonist
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methods of revealing a character
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characterization
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perspective from which a story is told
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point of view
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when a character is telling the story
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1st person
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somkeone outside of the story is talking
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3rd person
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