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29 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
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Alliteration
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The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
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Antagonist
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The opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story.
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Conflict
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The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.
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Connotation |
The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase, in addition to its strict dictionary definition.
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Flashback
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A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time.
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Foil
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A character who acts as a contrast to another character.
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Foreshadowing
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The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot.
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration.
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Imagery
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The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.
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Irony
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In general, a discrepancy between appearances and reality.
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Metaphor
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than or resembles.
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Mood
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The atmosphere or feeling that the writer creates for the reader.
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Onomatopoeia
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The use of words whose sounds seem to echo their meanings.
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Oxymoron
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A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
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Paradox
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A statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth.
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Parody
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A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of that work.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelingsd, thoughts, or attitudes.
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Point of View
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The vantage point from which the narrator tells a story.
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Protagonist
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The central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action.
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Rhyme
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The repetition of vowel sounds in accented syllables and all succeeding syllables.
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Satire
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A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change.
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Setting
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The time and location in which a story takes place.
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Simile
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A figure of speech that makes an explicit comparsion between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
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Soliloquy
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A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
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Stereotype
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A fixed idea or conception of character or an ideal which does not allow for any individuality, often based on religous, social, or racial prejudices.
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Theme
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The insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work. |
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Denotation |
Dictionary meaning of a word |
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Symbolism |
Using a concrete object to represent an idea or emotion |
