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10 Cards in this Set
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Genre
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A distinctive category of literary work, such as a drama, tragedy, comedy, novel, etc.
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Hero
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A mythological or legendary figure often of diving descent endowed with great strength or ability.
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Hexameter
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A literary and poetic form, a line consisting of six metrical feet.
(Nor any other wold like Cotswold ever sped, So rich and fair a vale in fortuning to wed.) |
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration or overstatement for effect.
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Iambic Pentameter
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Five iambs in a line of poetry. An iamb is an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.
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Imagery
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Words or phrases that use description to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind.
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Irony
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A contrast or discrepancy between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.
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Verbal Irony
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A writer or speaker ways on thing and means something entirely different.
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Dramatic Irony
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A device that allows an audience or a reader to know something of which a character in a drama or story is unaware.
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Situation Irony
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The writer shows a discrepancy between the expected result of some action or situation and tis actual result.
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