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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Anticlimax
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disappointing ending
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Allusion
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breif reference to a person, even, or place, real or fictional, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event.
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Archetypes
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symbols or characters that symbolize an original idea
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Verbal irony
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sarcasm
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Dramatic irony
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when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know
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Situational Irony
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discepancy between the expected resuly and actual results
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Simile
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the comparison of two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
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comparison of teo unlike things using the verb "to be" and not usin like or as in a simile
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Tone
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the attitude a writer takes towards a subject or character: serious, humerous, sarcastic, ironic, satrical, tongue-in-check, solemn, objective
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Mood
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the emotional attitude the author takes towards his subjects
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Theme
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the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express. All of the elements of literary terms contribute to theme. A simple theme can often be stated in a single sentence
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Anecdote
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A very short tale told bu a character in a literary work
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Flashback
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a reference to an event that took place proir to the beginning of the story or play
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First Person
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telling things from his or her own perspective
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Third person limited
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speaker is unable to know what is in any character's mind but his or her own
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Third Person Omniscient
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the speaker knows everything including the actions, motives and thoughts of all the characters
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Objective
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TRUE
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subjective
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opinion
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denotation
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dictionary definition
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connotation
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personal definition; opinion
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parallelism
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when the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length; words end the same way
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epithet
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a word or phrase preceding or following a name which serves to describe the character
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Imagery
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descriptive language used in literature to re-create sensory experiences
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