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65 Cards in this Set
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a comparison between 2 things to show the similarites
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analogy
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a poetic foot consisting of 2 unstressed sylables followed by a stressed
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anapest
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repetition of similiar sounds in a word, usually consonants
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alliteration
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reference to person, place, thing or event that the reader should recognize
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allusion
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an error in chronology, or placing an event or person in the wrong time period
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anachronism
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person or oppising to the protagonist
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antagonist
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a terse, pointed statement expressing a wise clever observation about life
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aphorism
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figure of speech , in which an absent or dead person is adressed directly
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apostrophe
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verse written in unrhymed iambic pentameter
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blank verse
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a break or pause in a line of poetry, usually to add rhythm to a poem
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caesura
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person, animal , thing, presented in a literary work
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chrachter
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movement or tendency in art, literature, and music reflecting the principles manifested in acient greece and rome
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classicism
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decisve point in narrative or drama, point of greatest intensity.
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climax
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struggle between 2 opposing forces;
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conflict
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repetition of similiar consonant sounds in a series of words.
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cossonance
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2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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couplet
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poetic foot consisting of a stressed sylable followed by a unstressed
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dactyl
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mournful mencholy poem, especially funeral song for the dead and lament, reflective
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elegy
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writing intended to present imformation
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exposition
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word or expression not to be taken in a literal sense
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figure of speech
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event in a poem or story to go back to an event that has happened earlier.
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flashback
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traditional songs, myths, legends, fables, passed on anonymously written down or passed on mouth to mouth.
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folklore
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a unit used to measure the meter, or rhythmic pattern of a line of poetry.
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foot
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hints or clues used to tell what happen later
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foreshdowing
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unrhymed verse that has no meterical or rhythmic patterns
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blank verse
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a category or class of artistic endeavor having particular form, technique and style
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genre
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figure of speech using exaggeration, or overstatement
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hyberbole
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stressed followed by unstressed sylable
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iamb
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beginning a narative well along in a sequence of events
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in medias res
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a contrast between what is stated and what is meant, or what is expected to happen and actually happens
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irony
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comparison between 2 disimmilar things
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metaphor
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FOS in which in which something closely associated with a thing is used to describe a thing itself
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menotyny
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feeling or emotion of a literary work
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mood
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writing or speaking that tells a story
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narration
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tells the story
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narrator
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extreme form of realism
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naturalism
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lyric poem with a dignified theme; phrased in a formal elevated style
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ode
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use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning (boom)
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onomatopeia
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FOS in which 2 contradicory words r combined to produce a rhetorical effect
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oxymoron
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short simple story. designed to convey some religious principle or general truth
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parable
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statement that reveals a kinf of truth, although at 1st seems to be false
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paradox
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simple and clear style of writing, began as revolt to ornate style
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plain style
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sequence of events in a short story
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plot
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FOS in which something non human is given human qualities
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personification
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vantage point from which a narrative is told
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point of view
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central charater of story or drama
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protagonist
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theory in writing in which the familiar ordinary aspects of life are depicted in a matter of fact.
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realism
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word, phrase, or group of words used over and over in a poem ( end of each stanza)
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refrain
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repetition of sounds in 2 or more words that appear close to each other.
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rhyme
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arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a pattern
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rhythm
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movement that flourished in literature, philosophy. music, in western culture during the 19th century. revolt against classicism
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romanticism
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a line of poetry that has no pause at its end and continues to the next.
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run on line
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writing that holds up to ridule. the weaknesses and wrongdoings of individuals
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satire
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analysis of verse in meters
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scansion
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comparison of 2 things using like or as
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simile
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person speaking while alone or with no one in his prescense
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solliloquoy
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14 lines iambic pentameter, rhymes arranged to definite patterns
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sonnet
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unit of poem that is longer than a single line
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stanza
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writers way of wrting
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style
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person place or thing that has meaing in itself
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symbol
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part suggests the whole
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synecdoche
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attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject.
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tone
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philosophy which holds that basic truths that can be reached through intuition rather than reason
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trancendentalism
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stressed followed by unstressed syllable
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troche
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line of metrical writing, stanza, or poetry in general
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verse
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