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25 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Allusion |
A reference to a literary or historical person or event
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Antagonist |
The adversary who opposes the protagonist.
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Characterization |
The technique a writer uses to create lifelike characters.
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Connotation |
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
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Denotation |
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word
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Dynamic Character |
A character who undergoes change and development throughout the literary piece. |
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Foreshadowing |
A hint of what is to come in the story.
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Hyperbole |
A figure of speech using great exaggeration to emphasize strong feeling
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Imagery |
The use of concrete details that appeal to the five senses.
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Irony |
Things turn out contrary to what is expected.
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that implies or states a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
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Mood |
The atmosphere and feeling that a writer creates in a work through the choice of setting,
imagery, details, and description. |
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Onomatopoeia |
The creation of words that imitate the sounds they represent
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Personification |
A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to inanimate objects, animals or
ideas. |
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Point of View |
The mode of narration (Ex: First person & third person)
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Protagonist |
The main character in a work.
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Rhyme Scheme |
A pattern of rhyming lines in a poem.
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Setting |
Social environment, place and time in which an event or story takes place.
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Simile |
A figure of speech involving direct comparison between two unlike things and using words such
as “like” or “as” |
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Static Character |
A character who does not undergo any change throughout the literary work
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Stereotype |
Standardized, conventional ideas about characters, plots, and settings.
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Symbol |
Something concrete, such as an object, person, place or happening, that stands for or
represents something abstract such as an idea, a quality a concept or a condition. |
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Theme |
The underlying message of a literary work.
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Tone |
The attitude of the writer towards his or her subject.
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