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37 Cards in this Set
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Imagery |
When poets use words that appeal to the senses |
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Denotation |
Dictionary meaning |
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Connotation |
meaning suggested beyond the denotation |
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Concrete |
Existing in a material or physical form |
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Chorus |
A rowdy bunch that sang, danced, and made comments about the play on stage |
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Ambiguity |
Uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language |
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Caricature |
Particular aspects are exaggerated to create a silly or comic effect |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach, moral instruction, to patronize |
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Points of View |
First Person - I and We Second Person - You Third Person - he, she it |
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Epic (Heroic Epic) |
A brave, noble character admired for great achievements or affected by grand events |
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Epithalamion |
A song or poem celebrating a marriage |
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Onomatopoeia |
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds |
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Assonance |
Repetition of vowel sounds |
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Consonance |
repetition of consonant sounds in any part of the word |
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Cacophony |
harsh or unpleasing sounds |
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Euphony |
melodic, pleasant sounds |
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Tropes |
Figuarative Language |
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Hyperbole |
using exaggeration to extend reality |
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Understatement |
saying less than is appropriate for the situation |
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Epigram |
A statement that is terse, pointed, and witty |
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Synecdoche |
The use of a part for a whole |
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Metonymy |
one word or phrase that is substituted for another with which it is closely associated |
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Blank Verse |
Any poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Elegy |
A poem in honor of someone who has died |
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Allegory |
A type of symbolism, a descriptive or narrative story with an underlying meaning |
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Paradox |
A statement of two contradictory elements |
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Allusion |
A reference to something in previous literature, history, or culture that adds or emphasizes a theme of a work |
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Archetype |
A symbol that recurs often enough in literature over time to be easily recognizable |
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Atmosphere |
Emotional quality of the setting ie. Chilly, scary |
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Bombast |
Pretentious or inflated language/speech usually with little real meaning |
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Lampoon |
A bitter satire ridiculing the personal appearance or character of a person |
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Mood |
Dominant tone in a piece of literature, emotional quality of the scene |
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Parody |
A work of satire where the author imitates the language and form of another work to rirdule the author or work to entertain |
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Repartee |
conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts |
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Purple Passage |
An elaborate or excessively ornate passage in a literary composition |
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Abstraction |
A concept of idea without a specific example |
