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30 Cards in this Set
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Blank verse |
Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter (10 syllables per line) |
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Cacauphony |
Harsh discordant mixture of sounds |
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Caricature |
A picture, description or imitation of a person in which certain striking characterstics are exagerated in order to create a comic or gruetest effect |
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Case study |
A process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the developement of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time |
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Catastrophe |
An even causing great and often sudden damage or sufferibg; a disaster |
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Cause and effect |
The principal of causation |
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Character |
The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual |
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Characterisation |
A description of the distinct nature or features of somone or something |
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Character foil |
A character who contrasts the other character, usually the protagonist to highlight particular qualities of the other character |
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Chorus |
Lines that are repeated in music or in verse |
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Chronological |
Arranged in order of time |
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Cliche |
A phrase or opinion that is overused that betrayes lack of original thought |
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Climactic order |
The arrangement of details in order of increasing importance or force: pronciple of saving best for last |
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Climax |
The most intense point of something |
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Colloquiallism |
Used in order or familiar conversation, not formal or literary |
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Colloquial language |
Words or expression used in ordinary language by common people |
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Comedy |
Professional entertainment consisting of jokes satirical sketches, intented to make an audience laugh |
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Comic relief |
Comic episodes in dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections |
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Compare and contrast |
To note what is similar and different between two or more things |
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Comparison |
The act or instance of comparing |
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Conflict |
A serious disagreement or argument typically a protractive one |
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Connotation |
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning |
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Consonsance |
The recurrence of similar sounds especially consonance in close proximity |
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Contrast definition |
The state of being striking different from something else in juxtaposition or close association |
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Couplet |
Two lines of verse usually in the same reader and joined by rhyme that form a unit |
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Denotation |
The literal or primary meaning of a word in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests |
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Denouncement |
To condemn or censure openly or publicly |
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Descriptive essay |
An essay that describes something- object, person, place, experience, emotion etc |
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Dialect |
The language used by people of a specific area, class or district or any other people |
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Dialogue |
Literary technique that writers use to depict a conversation between two or more people |
