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24 Cards in this Set
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allegory |
a story or poem in which the characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. |
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allusion |
reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. |
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imagery |
the use of language and description to help the reader create a mental picture |
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metaphor |
compare two unlike things as equals without using comparison words |
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simile |
compares two unlike things using like or as |
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personification |
an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics, feelings, thoughts, or attitudes |
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figurative language |
language that does not mean exactly what it says |
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literal language |
language that means exactly what it says |
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free verse |
poetry with no rhyme scheme or meter |
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diction |
a speaker or writers choice of words |
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connotations |
the associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase |
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denotation |
the most specific or direct meaning of a word |
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rhetorical question |
a question asked for effect that is not actually meant to be answered |
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atmosphere (attitude) |
the overall attitude or feeling of a piece of work |
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tone |
how the author feels about what he or she is writing about; directed at the subject |
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mood |
the emotional feeling recieved by the audience due to the tone or atmosphere |
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shift |
a change in piece; can be a chaneg in language, tone, verse, stanza, etc. |
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enjambment |
teh running over of a thought from one line, couplet or stanza, to the next without a syntactical break |
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sound devices |
devices used to create atmosphere and give the piece a stronger tone |
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onomatopoeia |
the use of a word that sounds like what it means |
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alliteration |
the repetition of consonant sounds, usually found at the begining of a word |
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assonance |
the repetition of vowel sounds |
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consonance |
the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device |
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rhyme |
identity in sound of some part, esp. the end, of words or llines of words |
