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158 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the first letter in a series of words.
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Allusion
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A reference to something in history or literature
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Ambiguity
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Having more then one interpretation
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Analogy
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A simple concept used to explain a complex concept
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Ancedote
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Short, often amusing story
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Antagonist
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opposing force to the protagonist, the "bad guy"
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Antecedent action
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Significant action taken place before story
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Apostrophe
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A figure of speech, objects are addressed as though people, the absent as though present, dead as though alive.
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Aside
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comment made by actor, meant to only be heard by members of the audience.
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Assonance
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Repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words.
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Atmosphere
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The emotion created by diction, stylistic choices and the story itself.
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Autobiography
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The life of an individual recored by oneself.
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Ballad
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A poem which tells a story and can easily be put to music
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Biography
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A life of one person recorded by another person.
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Blank Verse
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Poetry with rhythm that is unrhymed
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Cacophony
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Harsh mixture of sounds
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Catastrophe
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Final disaster of a tragedy
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Catharsis
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Release of built up tension or emotion
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4 character types
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Round-Well developed, well "rounded"
Flat- Simple development Stock-Conventional based on sterotype Type- Serves only one purpouse |
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Character change
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Dynamic- permanent change
Static- no change |
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Character foil
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Character traits and views can be contrasted with another character.
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Character parallel
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Character traits and views can be compared with another character
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Characterization
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Method of developing character.
Direct-clear statements made about the character Indirect- audience learn about the character through actions and others opinions. |
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Chronological
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Organized according to time
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Cite
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Quote or referance to something
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cliche
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an over used expression
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Climax
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Highest point of suspense
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Clown
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"Fool" used to lighten somber plays, comice relief
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Colloquial
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Using ordinary, conversational language and tone.
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Comedy
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A play whose protagonist overcomes his or her obstacles and reaches goals
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Comic Relief
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Humourous scene designed to ease tension
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Complication
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Setback in the path of a character
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Confidante
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Character whose dramatic function is to help reveal the inner qualities, thoughts and feelings of major characters
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Conflict
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Forces which are in opposition
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Connotation
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A meaning of words based on context, experience, location and situation
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Consonance
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Repetition of the middle cononant sounds
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Context
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Surronding material, helps suggest meaning
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Contrast
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Latin for standing against. Places two things in opposition to show differences
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Convention
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Established technique or practice that is acceptable to the literary people of a particular time
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Couplet
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Two consecutive lines that rhyme
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Crisis
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Turning point. Choices of protagonist goes right or wrong
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Cultural Millieu
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Social setting and life styles of people in a piece of literature
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Deduction
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Reasoning movng from general to specific
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Denotation
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Dictionary meaning of a word
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Denouement
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The unraveling sequence that follows the climax, ties up the los
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Dialogue
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Conversation between two people
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Diction
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Choice of words
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Dilemma
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A situation in which there are two equally problematic alternatives
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Elegy
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A lyric poem lamenting the dead
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Ellipsis
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Three spaced periods showing something has been left out
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Epic
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Long narrative poem
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Epilogue
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Literally means "in addition", section following the novels explaining work
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Epitaph
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Inscription on a tombstone
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Escape fiction
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Literature intended to entertain
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Eulogy
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Speech given at a funeral
which honours deceased |
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Euphemism
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A polite or soft way of expressing something unpleasant
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Euphony
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Soft mixture of sounds
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Explicity
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Stated Directly
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Exposition
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Writing used to convey information
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Fable
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Allegory illustrating particular traits found in humans, often represented by animals or fantasty creatures
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Falling Action
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Follows the clmax
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Fantasy
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An improbable story. Events, characters and animals can not be found in real life
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Farce
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Comedy, silly characters are placed in improbable situations to exaggerate humour
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Fate
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indifferent force that controlss the course of human life
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Figurative
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Non-literal,suggested or implied meaning
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Flashback
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Recounting of past incidences
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Foil
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Any character who by contrast brings out the personality of another.
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Fool
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Character used for comice relief in shakespeares plays
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Foreshadowing
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Hinting of what is to come
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Genre
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Type or class of literature
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Groundling
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Lower class people who stood on ground to watch play
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Haiku
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Japanese verse consisting of 17 syllables
line 1: 5 Line 2: 7 Line 3: 5 Usually deals with nature |
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Heaven
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Roof over the Elizabethan Stage
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Hell (cellar)
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Area under the Elizabethan stage
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High angle
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Camera is placed above subject
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Homonym
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Words that sound alike but are spelt differently
ex: There, Their, They're |
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Hyperbole
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Employing deliberate exaggeration for effect
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Iambic
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A rhythmic pattern, soft syllable followed by a hard syllable
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Idyll
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Literally means "little picture" Short poem suggesting innocence and peace
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Imagery
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Descriptive words used to create a picture
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Implied Meaning
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Hidden Intent of the words
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Indeterminate Ending
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No resolution in a story
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Initial Incident
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Action that starts the conflict or complication
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Interpretive Fiction
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Fiction intended to offer some insight into human nature or society
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3 types of irony
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Dramatic: What the character believes to be true and what the audience knows to be true
Situational: incongruity betwen the person and the situation in which it occurs Verbal: what is said and what is meant or what the listener is intepreted as said. |
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Juxtaposition
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Unassociated ideas placed together to create surprise and wit
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Literal
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Dictionary meaning of a word
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Litote
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Assertion of something by denial of another
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Low Angle Shot
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A camera shot in which the camera is placed low in relation to the subject
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Limerick
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Nonsense verse
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Lyric
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Brief discontinuous poem emphasizing sound and pictorial imagery
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Malapropism
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When a word is used incorrectly because it sounds similar to the word actually meant. Usually the character is attempting to sound smart but comes across as foolish
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Meiosis
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Ironic understatement
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Metaphor
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Comparison NOT using "like", "as" or "than"
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Metonymy
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An associated idea names the items
ex: The pen is mighter then the sword |
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Mood
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The feeling or atmosphere created
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Motif
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Recurring image in a piece of literature
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Leit Motif
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Recurring Idea
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Motivation
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The reason the charcter acts the way he does
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Narrative Hook
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First few lines that grab the audiences attention
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Narrative Poem
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Poem which mainly tells a story
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Ode
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Long Lyric Poem
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Onmatopoeia
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Use of words formed sounding like what the signify
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Oxymoron
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Deliberate combination of contradictory words that is used to shock the reader into awareness
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Pan Shot
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Camera shot in which the camera is moved from one side of a scene to the other side
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Paradox
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A contradiction or play on words which is true when thought about.
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Parallelism
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Grammatical or structural similarity between sentences
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Paraphrase
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Restate something using different words
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Parody
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A comic work in which a particular style or composition is ridiculed through imitation
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Pastoral
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Any literary work dealing with rural life.
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Pathetic Fallacy
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Nature Responds to human emotion
ex: When someone is sad it rains |
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Pentameter
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A line of poetry whose rhythm contains five hard syllables
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Personification
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Imagery where human attribites are given to non-humans
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Pit
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Area around the stage where groundlings stood
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Plot
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The events of a story
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Poetic Justice
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Occurs at the end of story, good is rewarded and the bad is punished
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Poetic License
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When the author uses correct structure and style for effect
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Point of View
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The perspective from which a story is told.
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Prolouge
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An introductory Statement to a piece of literature
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Prose
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Anything other then poetry
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Protagonist
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Central Character, usually the "good guy"
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Puns
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A play on words
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Quatrain
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Four lines of poetry that form a rhyme scheme
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Reflective Narrator
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Story teller who recounting events of his past
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Resolution
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When all suspense or conflict is a story is resolved
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Rhetorical Question
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A question which expects no answer.
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Rhyme
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Matching sounds at the end of words
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Rhythm
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Measured flow of repeated sound patterns
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Rising Action
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The series of complications in a story
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Satire
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Any work which criticizes people, ideas by holding them up to ridicule
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Scansion
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Identifying rhythm in poetry
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Science Fiction
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Dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals
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Setting
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Time, place, cultural milleau of the story
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Simile
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Comparison using like as or than
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Soliloquy
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Speech made by a character while alone on stage
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Sonnet
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Traditonal poem of fourteen lines with a rhyme scheme according to the type
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Stanza
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Lines grouped together for effect in a poem
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Style
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The way in which the author expresses what he has to say
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Summarize
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Reduce something to its main ideas
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Surprise Ending
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An ending of a story that breaks the cause and effect of the story
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Surreal
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Un-real, dream like
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Suspense
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The tension and anxiety felt by the audience towards a certain character whose fate is uncertain
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Symbol
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A concrete entity standing for some general idea
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Synonym
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A word which has the same meaning as another word
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T.A.G Line
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Title
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Theme
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The main idea that the author is trying to express
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Thesis
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Statement expressing the main argument of an essay
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Tone
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Authors attitude towards both subject matter and audience
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Topic Sentance
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Sentance containing main idea of a paragraph
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Tragedy
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A play in which the protagonist does not overcome his or hers obstacles and is defeated by death
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Transition
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A shift in thought
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Understatement
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Presenting something as less significant as it really is
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Unity
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The relation of every detail in a paragraph to the topic sentence
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Universality
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A work of art attractive to all people of all times and places
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Verbal wit
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Expression of amusing relations among ideas
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Verisimillitude
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Apperance of reality achieved by choices an author makes
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Voice
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The personal and recognizable style of a writer
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Zoom
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Adjusting the camera lens to increase or decrease depth
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