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17 Cards in this Set
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Plot |
the organization of incidents in a written work
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a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition (narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation)
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Plot
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the organization of incidents in a written work
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Epic |
a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition (narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation)
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Epic Hero |
a brave and noble character in an epic poem (admired for great achievements or affected by grand events)
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Poetry |
literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
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Prose |
literary work not marked by rhyme or by metrical regularity
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Conflict |
the opposition of two forces or characters
(man v. self; man v. man; man v. society; man v. nature) |
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Allusion |
a reference—usually brief—to a presumably familiar person or thing
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Alliteration |
the close repetition of similar consonant sounds (usually at the beginning of words)
(example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers) |
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Assonance |
the close repetition of similar vowel sounds
(example: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.) |
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Imagery |
visually descriptive or figurative language (usually pertaining to one or more of the five senses)
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Metaphor |
a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared
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Simile |
a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared using like or as
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Onomatopoeia |
words whose sounds seem to express or reinforce their meanings (hiss, bang, pow)
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Personification |
when inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities or action
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The main idea or message about life conveyed by a written work (or piece of art, etc.) |
