Literary Flash Cards

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Allusion

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A reference to a well known work of literature

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Anecdote

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a brief story told to entertain ot to make a point

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Assonance

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repetiton of vowlel sounds within two or more words

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Blank Verse

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a unrhymed poetry using a alternating pattern of stresses and unstressed syllables

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Colloquialism

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an expression used in informal conversation but not accepted as good usage formal conversation or writing

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Conflict

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the struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of the plot of a story

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Dialogue

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a conversation between two or more characters

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Drama

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literature thats is meant to be performed for an audience elements of character setting plot and theme

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Epic hero

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is a well-known character of high social position whose main qualities are those hat are valuable to his or her society

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Epic Simile

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a long comparsion that may go on for several lines, doesnt always use like or as

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Euphemism

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a word or pharse that is used instead of a more direct but distasteful or offensive word or pharse

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Expostion

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that part of a plot that provides backround infomation and introduces the storys setting,its conflict,and main characters

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External conflict

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occurs between a character and a force of nature, between two characters,and society

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Fantasy

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a type of fiction that is highly imaginative and could not really happen

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Figurative language

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language that conveys meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words used to create effects

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Free verse

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poetry without regular patterns of rhyme and meter

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Hyberhole

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a figure of speech in which an exageration is made for emphasis or humerous effect

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Idiom

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a common pharse or expression that has a different meaning from its actual meaning

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Irony

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the contrast between what is expected and what actually eists or happens

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Jargon

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specialized vocabulary and idioms of people of a job

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Meter

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the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

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Myth

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a traditional story usally involving magic or supernatural being that explainhow something connects with how humans became to be

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Narritve

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any writing that tells a story

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Newspaper article

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a regular theme usally appearing daily or weekly in a newspaper

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Ryhme Scheme

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the pattern of ryhme within a poem

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Rhythm

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the pattern of accented and unacented syllables in poetry brings out the musical quality of language

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Sensory Image

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words and pharses that appeal to any of the five senses sigh,hearing,touch,taste, smell.

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Short Story

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a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting

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Simile

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a comparison of two things using the word like or as

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Slang

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very informal everyday talk outside the standard version of a language

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Soliloquy

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a speech that a character in a play makes when he or she is alone

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Stage directions

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instructions to the actors and director in a play telling the actors how to speak or act

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Symbol

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a person place or thing that stands for something beyond its self

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Tradegy

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drama begins calm and ends in violence often with the death of a character

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True-Life Adventure

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a type of nonfiction commonly found in popular magazines and books