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14 Cards in this Set
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Assonance |
a. When two or more words close to one another repeat thesame vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds |
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Consonance |
a. repetition of consonant sounds within a sentence orphrase |
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Idiom |
a. a statement not intended to be taken literally |
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Irony |
a. saying one thing while meaning another |
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Allusion |
a. reference inliterature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature to makea comparison or create a tone |
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Symbol |
a. word, place,character, or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level |
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Protagonist |
main character in the story; often the hero |
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Antagonist |
a. character or force in direct conflict with theprotagonist |
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Mood |
a. the overall feeling you get from a piece of writing |
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Tone |
a. the author’s attitude toward the subject, reader, orcharacter |
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Inference |
a. a conclusion based on reasoning and evidence |
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Denotation |
a. the direct dictionary definition of a word |
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Connotation |
a. the extra meaning of a word beyond its definitionbased on emotional associations with the word or experiences |
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Dialect |
a. the language of a particular group of people |
