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10 Cards in this Set
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Parable
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Similar to allegory
Story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question |
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Paradox
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Similar to oxymoron (whole sentence)
Statement that seems to be self-contradicting but in fact is true |
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Parody
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Comedic take off on something
composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect |
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Personification
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Giving human like adjectives
figurative use of language which endows the nonhuman |
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Reliability
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Trust in narrator (reliable)
Quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust |
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Rhetorical Question
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Not answered (no need for answer)
a question for effect not in expectation of a reply |
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Soliloquy
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actor speaks alone to audience and expresses his/her thoughts
speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud |
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Stereotype
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Something that is expected
conventional pattern, expression, character or idea |
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Syllogism
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3 part form of reasoning
form of reasoning in which 2 statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them |
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Thesis
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Theme (What the paper is about)
The theme, meaning or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support |
