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20 Cards in this Set
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epigraph
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a quote at the beginning of a literacy composition setting form to a theme.
EX: the great Gatsby |
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dramatic irony
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occurs when the reader knows more about a situation or character in a story than the character does
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double entendre
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double meaning, can be understood in more ways than one
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syncope
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loss of one or more sounds or letters in an anterior of the word or a phrase treated as a whit
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lampoon
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makes fun of a real peice of literature
EX: scary movie |
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palindrome
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word, line, verse, says the same thing reading it front ways and backwards
(poor dan is in a droop) |
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hyperbole
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exaggeration emphasizing and noticing a specific characteristic
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syllogism
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assumed propisitions (All dogs are animals, all animals have four legs therefore all dogs have four legs)
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metonomy
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using an image to create an association
(EX: a pen is mightier than a sword.) |
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spoonerism
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play on words in which corresponding vowels are moved
EX: mood fart |
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verbal irony
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different sorts of dialogue
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acrostic noun
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poem or series of lines with certain letters and from each letter you form a characteristic
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anarchism
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putting a person or event in a place it doesn't belong
EX: snow white in star wars |
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slant Rhyme
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partial/imperfect rhyme using assonance or consonance
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synedoche
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figure of speech in which a part represents a whole
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heteronym
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word spelled the same but with different meanings
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doppelganger
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ghostly double
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allegory
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story, a poem with a hidden meaning
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bildungsroman
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novel dealing with a persons spiritual/physical growth/journey
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anaphora
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repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
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