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9 Cards in this Set
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Denotation
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the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests : beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power.
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Diction
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Pronunciation
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Dramatic Irony
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Something you know that the character does not
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Edenic
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relating to the garden of eden and the fall of man
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Emmerson
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famous American philosopher
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Enjambment
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(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
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Epiphany
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a moment of sudden revelation or insight.
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Faust
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the idea of selling your soul
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Iambic
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a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
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