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24 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within words.
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Allusion
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a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or artwork.
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Assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in stressed words or syllables.
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Connotation
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the emotional associations surrounding a word or phrase, as opposed to its literal meaning.
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Consonance
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the repetition of identical consonant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds
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Denotation
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the strict, literal meaning of a word
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Figurative language
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language used in a nonliteral way to express a suitable relationship between two essentially unlike
things, including hyperbole, imagery, irony, metaphor |
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Hyperbole
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a figure of speech involving great exaggeration. (satiric, sentimental, or comic)
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Imagery
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figurative language that uses concrete words or details that appeal to the senses and to internal feelings.
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Irony
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type of figurative language that describes a contrast between what appears to be and what really is; when the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
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Metaphor
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type of figurative language involving an implied comparison between two different things NOT using like or as
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Mood
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the overall atmosphere or prevailing feeling of a work
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Onomatopoeia
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the use of words having sounds that suggest their meaning or which imitate the sound associated with them;
Example: buzz, click, swish |
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Rhyme
Rhyme scheme |
- the repetition of word-ending sounds.
–any pattern of end rhyme |
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End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme |
- sounds are repeated at the ends of the lines.
–a rhyme that occurs within a line. |
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Rhythm
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the arrangement of stressed and unstressed sounds in speech writing.
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Personification
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the representation of abstractions, ideas, animals, or inanimate objects as human beings by endowing them with human qualities
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Point of View
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the relationship between the teller of a story and the characters
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Repetition
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when a sound, word, or phrase is repeated for emphasis or effect.
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Simile
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a figure of speech involving a comparison using like or as
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Symbol
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a person, place, event, or object that has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well.
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Style
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the manner in which a writer makes words fit ideas in accordance with audience and purpose. The manner in which a writer uses language, his/her word choice and literary techniques used to create the poem.
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Theme
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the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work. A theme may be directly stated, but more often it is implied.
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Tone
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the author’s attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject or audience. (serious, bitter, humorous, sympathetic, indignant, whimsical, joyous, mocking, cynical, and ironic)
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