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25 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
The representationAof abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form |
Abstract |
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Ambiguity |
When an author leaves out details/ information or is unclear about an event so the reader will use his/her imagination to fill in the blanks |
Unsure |
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Anecdote |
A short story or joke told at the beginning of a speech to gain the audiences attention |
Preach |
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Anticlimax |
When the ending of the plot in poetry or prose is unfulfilling |
Endgameish |
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Apostrophe |
When a character speaks to a character or object that is not present or is unable to respond |
Talk to self |
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Assonance |
The repetition of the same vowel sound in a phrase or line of poetry |
Almost alliteration |
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Blank verse |
Name for Unrhymed iambic pentameter. An iamb is a metrical foot in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. In iambic pentameter there are five iambs per line making ten syllables |
Not Eminem |
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Cacophony |
Harshness or discordancy of sound, opposite of euphony |
Shhhhhh |
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Colloquial language |
Informal, conversational language. Colloquialisms are phrases or saying that are indicative of a specific region |
Hit the mall up |
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Consonance |
The repetition of consonant sounds in a phrase or line of poetry. The consonant sound may be at the beginning, middle, or end of the word. |
Close to alliteration too |
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Couplet |
Two rhyming lines in poetry |
Idiot |
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Deus Ex Machina |
Term that refers to a character or force that appears at the end of a story or play to help resolve conflict. Basically when a solution is found out of nowhere to a seemingly hopeless situation. |
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Doppelgänger |
The alter ego of a character- the suppressed side of ones personality that is usually unaccepted by society. |
Mr Hyde |
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Elegy |
A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person |
Goodbye song |
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Emotive language |
Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual. |
Love |
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Enjambment |
The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run on line |
Blah blah blah |
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Epiphany |
Sudden enlightenment or realization, a profound new outlook normally during a normal activity |
Wow |
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Epistolary |
Used to describe a novel that tells its story through letters written from one character to another |
Notes |
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Euphony |
Words pleasing to the ear |
Hum |
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Fable |
A short narrative making a point using animals as people |
Fox |
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Flat character |
A character with very few traits |
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Foil |
A character that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another |
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Folklore |
Orally transmitting beliefs, myths, tales etc |
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Foot |
The metrical length of a line is determined by the number of feet it contains |
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Iamb |
An iamb foot has two syllables. First is unstressed second is stressed. Most common in English poetry |
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