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30 Cards in this Set
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A paragraph or chapter that interrupts the action of a work to show a previous event.
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Flashback
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“When I was in New York I walked by the place where the twin towers stood and thought about all the people who died the day the towers came tumbling down.”
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Flashback
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Is a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics.
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Personification
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“The dog slept like a log.”
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Personification
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The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
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Imagery
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“As the last seconds ticked down, the fans gripped their chilled drinks in anticipation of victory.”
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Imagery
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Is a comparison of two unlike things not using “like” or “as”.
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Metaphor
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“ Time is money.”
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Metaphor
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Is the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem take place.
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Setting
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“The Simpson’s cartoon show takes place in Springfield.”
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Setting
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A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
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Verbal Irony
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“In City Lights, we know that Charlie Chaplin's character is not a millionaire, but the blind flower girl (Virginia Cherill) does not.”
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Verbal Irony
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Is a technique that uses words such as "like" or "as" to compare two ideas.
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Simile
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“She is as dumb as a rock.”
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Simile
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A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutia.
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Detail
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“She had a huge pimple on her nose.”
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Detail
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Is the use of words that mimic the sounds they describe.
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Onomatopoeia
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“Buzz,” “Boom,” “Burp.”
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Onomatopoeia
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The process of revealing the personality of a character in a story.
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Characterization:
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“Harry Potter is a wizard who wears glasses and has a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead.”
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Characterization:
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When a situation turns out differently from what one would normally expect – though often the twist is oddly appropriate.
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Situational irony
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge:
“Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink ; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” |
Situational irony
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When a character or speaker says or does something that has different meaning from what he or she thinks it means, though the audience and other characters understand the full implication of the speech or action.
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Dramatic irony
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In City Lights, we know that Charlie Chaplin's character is not a millionaire, but the blind flower girl (Virginia Cherill) does not.
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Dramatic irony
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A material object used to represent something.
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Symbol
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In United states this red octagon means to stop.
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Symbol
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is the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest a future action.
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Foreshadowing
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“When you see a black cat walk under a ladder it’s a bad sign.”
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Foreshadowing
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Is the central message of a literary work.
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Theme
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“Once Upon a time in a land far far away…”
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Theme
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