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33 Cards in this Set
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Symbol
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any object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else because of a resemblance or association
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Denotation
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the literal or primary meaning of a word
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things. No use of like or as
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Ballad
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A short narrative song or poem
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Legend
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A traditional story handed down orally and believed to be based on history
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Mood
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The emotional quality or atmosphere of the story
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Meter
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A regular pattern of stressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or create humor.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen in a narrative.
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Tall Tale
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An imaginative tale of adventures or amazing feats of North American folk heroes. The tales take place in realistic local settings.
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Hero
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The main character of a literary work, usually a person with admirable qualities.
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Antagonist
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A person or force that opposes the protagonist in fiction.
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginnings of words an syllables.
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Imagery
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Language that emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader se, hear, feel, smell, and taste things described in the work.
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Lyric Poetry
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Poems that express thoughts or emotions about a subject.
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Narrative Poetry
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Verse that tells a story.
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Situational Irony
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When the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what someone has come to expect.
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Verbal Irony
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When a person says one thing and means another.
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Dialect
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A variation of language spoken by a particular group, or by many people within a geographical region.
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Oxymoron
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a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
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Context
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the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea
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Narration
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The telling of a sequence of events.
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Tone
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the attitude of the narrator toward a subject.
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Style
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the author's choice and arrangement of words and sentences in a literary work.
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Theme
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The main idea of a story, poem, novel, or play.
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Exposition
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The author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation of a story.
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Connotation
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an idea or feeling that a word invokes upon someone
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Allusion
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A reference in a work of literature to a well-known character, place, or situation from another work.
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Rhyme Scheme
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The pattern formed by the end rhyme in a poem. Ex. ABBC
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds, especially in a line of poetry.
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Consonance
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The repetition of identical or similar end or intermediate consonant sounds.
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Couplet
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Two lines of verse, usually in the same lines of meter joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
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Speaker
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The voice in a poem, like the narrator in a work of fiction.
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