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72 Cards in this Set
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Elegy
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poem in honor of someone dead
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Ellipsis
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words are omitted in order to achieve compact expression "leaving out"
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End-stopped rhyme
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occurs at end of line/verse
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Enjambment
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running on of the sense beyond 2nd into 1st line of the next
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Epic
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long narrative poem about warriors and heroes
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Epigram
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short poem/verse- seeks to ridicule an event
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Epiphany
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awareness/awakening
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Epithet
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phrase expressing characteristics of a person or thing
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Euphony
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pleasing sounds
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Exegesis
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critical explanation or interpretation
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Existentialism
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vision of condition of man that MUST accept
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Exposition
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background info about events
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Extended Metaphor
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Comparison between 2 unlike things
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Fable
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short tale
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Falling action
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part of play that follows denouncement
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Fantasy
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fiction, magic, supernatural
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Farce
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comic dramatic using horseplay
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Feminine Rhyme
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rhyme at end of line in poem, 2 syllables
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Fiction
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imaginative work
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Fixed form
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verse prescribed and established rules with # of lines
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Flashback
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describes a scene that happened earlier
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Flat character
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2-D characters not fully developed
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Foil
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a character that contrasts with another character in order to highlight qualities of the other character
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Foot
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group of syllables forming a metrical unit of rhythm
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Foreshadowing
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events or ingo in a narrative so later events are prepared
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Frame Story
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a story within a story
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Freytag's Pyramid
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a way to analyze a plot consists of 5 elements
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Gallows Humor
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Humor about very unpleasant serious or painful circumstances
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Genre
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a kind, type, class
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Gothic
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a genre or mode that has fiction and horror
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Great Chain of Being
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Idea that everything in created order is part of natural hierarchy
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Greek Tragedy
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had a definite structure- prologue, chorus, episodes, conclusion
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Haiku
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Japanese verse 17 syllables
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Hamartia
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Fatal flaw that causes error of judgement- tragic end
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Heroic Couplet
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traditionally used in epic & narrative poetry, rhyming pairs
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Hexameter
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6 metrical feet per line
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Hubris
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excessive pride - ignore gods
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Humours
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body fluids determine moods or temperaments
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Hyperbole
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figure of speech that contains exaggeration for emphasis
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Hypotaxis
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"under arrangement" syntactic relationship
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Iambic Pentameter
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line of 5 feet- unstressed followed by stress
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Ideology
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organized collection of ideas
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Idiom
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expression whose meaning comes from
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Idyll
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poem or episode that describes a scene in rural life, happiness
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Imagery
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using language to represent objects, actions, thoughts, ideas, etc
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In Medias Res
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narrative starts "In the middle of things"
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Interior Monologue
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Inner voice or thinking of a character's thoughts
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Internal Rhyme
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rhyme that occurs within a verse or lines- same sounds
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Inversion
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(anastrophe) reversal normal order for emphasis
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Irony
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perception or awareness between words and their meanings. Verbal, Dramatic, Situational
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Jargon
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special words or phrases used by a particular group of people
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Juvenalian Satire
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writing aimed at correcting wrongs
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Juxtaposition
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when 2 or more ideas, places, actions, etc are placed side by side
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Kafkaesque
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characteristic of nightmarish atmosphere that Franz Kafka created through sinister forces (loss of identity, guilt and fear.....)
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Lampoon
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sharp, often satire directed against institution that ridicules character of person, society, etc.
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Limerick
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5 line poem with a strict meter by Edward Lear
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Litote
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figure of speech emphasizes claim by denying its opposite (makes it larger) / understatement
"Hitler wasn't that nice." |
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Lyric
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originally a song to be sung accompanied by the lyre
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Malapropism
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From Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals who used polysyllabic words incorrectly
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Marxism
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Philosophy and theory based on Karl Marx's ideas
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Masque
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form of festive courtly entertainment in 16th century
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Medieval Drama
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theater in Europe between fall of Roman Empire and Renaissance
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Meiosis
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Intentional understatement; implying that somethings of lesser importance than it actually is
(to belittle) "She's not the sharpest tool in the shed" |
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Melodrama
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dramatic form with increased emotional response; villain, hero, characters, happy ending
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Metaphor
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figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another
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Metaphysical
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17th century poets who used conceits, wit, ingenuity and argument to express passions
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Meter
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"Measure" refers to pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
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Metonymy
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"Name Change" figure of speech in which name of an attribute is substituted for the thing itself
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Mock Epic
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mock-heroic; form of satire that adapts elevated heroic epic style
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Modernism
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breaks away from traditional forms of literature, poetry, etc because they are outdated
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Monologue
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a single person speaking alone
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Mood
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frame of mind, emotions, or feelings
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