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73 Cards in this Set
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Adage |
A saying often in metaphorical form that embodies a common observation |
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Allegory |
The expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
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Allusion |
The act of alluding or hinting at; an implied or indirect reference especially when used in literature; also the use of such references |
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Analogy |
Resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike |
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Anecdote |
A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing,or biographical incident |
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Antecedent |
A word or group of words replaced and referred to by a substitute. |
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Antithesis |
The rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words,clauses, or sentences |
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Apostrophe |
A mark ' used to indicate the omission of letters or figures, the possessive case, or the plural of letters or figures |
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Archetype |
The original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies |
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Cliche |
A trite phrase or expression or something overly familiarized |
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Climax |
The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action |
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Colloquialism |
A expression of or relating to conversation |
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Connotation |
The suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes |
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Denotation |
The totality of things to which a term is applicable especially in logic |
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Dialect |
A variety of a language used by the members of an occupational group |
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Dialogue |
A written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing |
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Diction |
Choice of words especially with regard to correctness,clearness, or effectiveness |
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Didactic |
Intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment |
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Dissonance |
Lack of agreement, especially inconsistency between the beliefs one holds or between one's actions and one's belief |
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Elegy |
A song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead |
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Ellipsis |
A leap or sudden passage without logical connectives from one topic to another, also a mark or marks indicating an omission or a pause |
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Epic |
A long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
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Epigram |
A concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
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Epigraph |
To express in the form of an epigram, also a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work at a division of it to suggest its theme |
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Epiphany |
An appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being |
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Epithet |
A characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
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Eulogy |
A commendatory formal statement or set oration |
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Fable |
A fictitious narrative or statement: as a legendary story of supernatural happenings, a narration intended to enforce a useful truth, especially one in which animals speak and act like human beings |
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Fantasy |
A creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived |
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Figurative language |
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another with which it may be regarded as analogous |
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Flashback |
Interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of events of earlier occurrence |
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Flat character |
A dull character |
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Foreshadowing |
To represent, indicate, or typify beforehand |
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Frame device |
a story set within a story, a narrative told by the main or the supporting character. It occurs within the story |
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Genre |
A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
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Hubris |
Exaggerated pride or self-confidence often resulting in retribution |
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Hyperbole |
Extravagant exaggeration |
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Idiom |
The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class |
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Imagery |
Mental images, especially the products of imagination |
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Inference |
The act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgement considered true to another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former |
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Invective |
Of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse |
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Irony |
The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
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Jargon |
The technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
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Limerick |
A light or humorous verse form of 5 chiefly anapestic verses of which lines 1, 2, and 5 are of 3 feet and lines 3 and 4 are if 2 feet with a rhyme scheme of aabba |
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Malapropism |
A usually humorous misapplication of a word |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them |
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Mood |
The expression of mood especially in art or literature |
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Narrator |
Someone who provides spoken or written commentary |
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Onomatopoeia |
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it |
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Oxymoron |
A combination of of contradictory or incongruous words |
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Parable |
A usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
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Paradox |
A self-contradictory statement that at first seems true |
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Parallelism |
Recurrent syntactical similarities introduced for a rhetorical effect |
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Parody |
A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
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Pathos |
An emotion of sympathetic pity |
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Personification |
Attribution of personal qualities, especially to represent a thing or abstraction as a person or of human form |
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Plot |
The order of events in a literary work |
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Point of view |
A position from which something is considered or evaluated |
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Pun |
The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound |
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Resolution |
The point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out |
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Rhetoric |
The art of speaking and writing effectively |
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Round character |
Complex characters that undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader |
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Sarcasm |
A sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
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Satire |
A literary work holding up human vices one follies to ridicule or scorn |
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Scene |
The place of an occurrence or action |
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Setting |
The time and place of the action of a literary work, dramatic work, or cinematic work |
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Simile |
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as |
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Symbol |
A visible sign of something invisible |
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Synecdoche |
A figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole, the whole for a part, the species for the genus, the genus for the species, or the name of the material for the thing made |
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Syntax |
The way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses, or sentences |
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Theme |
A specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern |
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Thesis |
A position or proposition that a person advances and offers to maintain by argument |
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Tone |
Style or manner of expression in speaking or writing |
