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30 Cards in this Set
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Genre |
Style of art |
Mystery |
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Metaphor |
A comparison not using like or as Indirect |
You could swim miles in her eyes |
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Onomatopoeia |
Sound words |
Buzz |
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Personification |
Giving a non-human thing human qualities |
The tree danced in the wind |
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Plot |
Outline of events in a work of fiction |
The baby was born, the baby learns to walk, the baby says mommy |
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Free Verse |
Irregular/unrhymed verse Tradition rules ignored |
Come slowly, EdenLips unused to thee.Bashful, sip thy jasmines,As the fainting bee,Reaching late his flower,Round her chamber hums,Counts his nectars—alights,And is lost in balms! |
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Image & Imagery |
Figurative illustration used by an author Mental images |
The curtains were an eyesore, the room was white as snow and the curtains were the blood of the poor sheep murdered by a ravaging middle-aged mother. |
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Irony & Dramatic Irony |
The expression of meaning using language that normally expresses the opposite DI: a literacy technique in which the audience can perceive hidden meanings unknown to the characters |
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged state and he thinks she is dead. He kills himself. When Juliet wakes up she finds Romeo dead and kills herself. herself. |
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Jargon & Idiom |
J: words or expressions used by a particular group of people Gibberish I: a group of words established by usage and have a meaning not deductible from the individual words |
J: medical jargon I: down in the dumps |
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Literal Language |
Taking words in their usual or primary sense without metaphor |
She looked blue |
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Objective vs. Subjective |
O: not influenced by feelings or personal bias S: Influenced by personal thoughts and feelings |
Thoughts on purple O: a colour S: the best colour ever |
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Oxymoron vs. Paradox |
O: A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction P: a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement which, when investigated or explained, may prove to be well-founded or true |
O: Seriously funny P: Your enemy’s friend is your enemy. |
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Point of View |
The narrator's position relative to the story being told |
First person |
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Repetition |
Act of repeating something |
Sally slowly sat. Repetition of S. |
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Rhetorical Question |
A question asked not for information but to produce an effect |
Who cares? |
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Rhythm |
Flow of words in literature |
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house |
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Setting |
The place and time a story takes place |
The Lonely Bones- Philadelphia 1970s |
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Simile |
A comparison using like or as |
She runs like a cheeeta |
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Slang |
Words and phrases that are regarded as very informal and are restricted to special contexts |
Street slang |
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Sonnet |
A poem of 14 lines usually using iambic pentameter |
Shakespearean or Italian |
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Speaker |
The person speaking/narrating |
Ralph/Simon in Lord of the Flies |
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Stanza |
Basic methodical unit in a poem or verse, consisting of a recurring group of lines |
"Road Not Taken" Robert Frost is broken up into stanzas |
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Style |
A manner of writing |
Dr. Seuss- rhymes funny, absurd thoughts |
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Suspense |
A quality in a work of fiction that arouses excited expectation about the outcome |
The Lovely Bones. |
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Symbol & Symbolism |
Symbol- a physical thing that stands for an idea or quality Sybolism- use of symbols |
The conch in Lord of the Flies stood for civilization |
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Theme |
The "big idea" of a work of literature |
Lord of the Flies- humans are - at the most basic level- animals |
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Narrative/Narration/Narrator |
The process of telling a story |
Vanishing Girls: Using two sisters in their diaries and third person narration |
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Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme |
Repetition of similar sounding words at the end of sentences |
Wall, tall, fall |
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Sarcasm vs. Satire |
Sar: use of irony to mock Sat: use of irony, humor or exaggeration to mock |
Sar: I work 40 hours a week to be this poor Sat: political cartoons |
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Active vs. Passive voice |
A: subject is doing something P: subject is not doing anything |
A: Amy loves Steve P: Amy is loved by Steve |
