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39 Cards in this Set
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cacophony
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harsh, discordant sounds, unpleasant to the ear- used for effect
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carpe diem
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"sieze the day"- life is not a dress rehearsal
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chiasmus
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inverting a line that would usually be in parallel form
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colloquial
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slang, everyday conversation
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conceit
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a far-fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things
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consonance
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same consonant sound in words with different vowel sounds
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conventional character
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character with traits that are expected or traditional
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couplet
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two successive rhyming lines of the same number of syllables, with matching rhythm
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dactyl
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foot of poetry with 3 syllables, one stressed and 2 short or unstressed
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denouement
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the outcome or clarification at the end of a story or play
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deus ex machina
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unlikely or improbable coincidence a cop-out ending
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didactic
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author's primary purpose is to instruct
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enjambment
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in poetry, the running over of a sentence into the next without stopping
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epigram
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short, clever poem with a witty turn of thought
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epigraph
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brief quote found at the beginning of a literary work, reflecting the theme
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epistolary novel
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a novel in letter form written by one or more of the characters
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euphony
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pleasant sounds, usually by "sh"
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farce
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kind of comedy that depends on exaggerated or improbable situations
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foll
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character whose personal characteristics enhance or contrast with the protagonist
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free verse
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poetry with no rhyme or rhythm
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genre
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poetry, prose, drama
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heroic couplet
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a ryhmed couplet with iambic pentameter
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hyperbole
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extreme exaggeration for literary effect- not interpreted literally
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in medias res
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a work that begins in the middle of the story
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inversion
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switching word order
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Italian sonnet
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14-line poem divided into 2 parts (8 then 6)
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litotes
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affirmation of an idea by using a negative understatement (opposite of hyperbole)
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lyric poem
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expresses feelings of a single speaker
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metonymy
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figure of speech that replaces the name of something with a word or phrase closely associated to it
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pastoral
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a poem representing shepherding
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quatrain
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4-line stanza
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sonnet
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14-line love poem in iambic pentameter
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stock character
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stereotypical character with certain characteristics
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synecdoche
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figure of speech where one part represents the entire object
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anachronism
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element in a story with is out of its time frame- usually humorous
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apotheosis
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elevating someone to the level of a god
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assonance
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repeated use of a vowel sound
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aubade
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poem or song about lovers who must leave one another in the early hours of morning
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ballad
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folk song or poem passed down that tells a possible true story
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