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15 Cards in this Set
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literature based on highly humorous plots
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farce
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impressionism
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the recording of events or situations as they bave been inpressed upon the mind as feelings, emotions, and vague thoughts.
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metonymy
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the substituting of one word for another hat is closely related to it
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foreshadowing
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giving hints of what is to come later in a story
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antithesis
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an opposition or contrast of ideas
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irony
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using w arod or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal normal meaning.
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metaphor
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a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used
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imagery
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the words or pharases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the reader's mind.
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration or overstatement
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gothic novel
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a type of fiction that is often characterized b gloomy castles, ghosts and supernatural happenings
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language used to create a special effecct or feeling.
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figure of speech
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flashback
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going back to an earlier time for the purpose of making something in the present clearer
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flashback
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going back to an earlier time for the purpose of making something in the present clearer
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hubris
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derived from the Greed work hybris means "excessive pride".
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genre
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refers to a category or type of lieterature based on its style, form, and content.
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