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7 Cards in this Set
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Archetype |
A very typical example of a certain person or thing, or an original that has been imitated. |
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Assertion |
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief that is often presented without reason |
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Assonance |
When two or more words repeat with the same vowel sounds. |
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Blank Verse |
Unrhymed iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line that follows an unstressed/stressed pattern) |
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Bleak |
Inhospitable, dreary, miserable, or lacking hope (to describe mood of a situation) |
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Cacophony |
The use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodic sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. (Has both a negative sound and presents a negative description) |
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Asyndeton |
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence (done on purpose for some kind of effect) |