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42 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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oppposed to concrete, not quantifiable
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aesthetic
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the study of philosophy of beuty in art, literature and nature
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allegory
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the device of usuing character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstarction in addition to the literal meaning
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alliteration
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the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neigboring words
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allusion
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a direct or inderect reference to something wich is presumably commonly know such as an event book myth place or work of art
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ambiguity
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the multiple meanign either intentional or unintenioanl of a word phrase sentence or passage
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anachronism
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out of time, placing somethign in a time where it does not belong
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analogy
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a similarity pr coparison between two different things or the relationship between them
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anecdote
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is a brief story about an interesting, amusing or strange event.
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annotation
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explanatory or critical notes added to a text
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anatagonist
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the force against the protagonost, a person, nature, or the person psyche
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anithero
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a protagonist who is particualry graceless, inept, stupid or dishonest
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antimetabole
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the repetition of words ina na inverted order to sharpen a contrast
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anithesis
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the opposition or contrast of ideas, the direct opposite
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aphorism
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a terse statment of know authorship which expresses a general truth ot a moral principel
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apostrophe
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a figure pf speech that directly addreses to someone or something that cannot answer
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archetype
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a pattern or model that serves as the basis for different but related versions of a character plot or theme
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assumption
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a belife or statment taken for granted without proof
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atmosphere
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the emotionalnod created by the entierty of a literary work established partly by the setting and partly by the authors choice of objects that are describes
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begging the question
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a fallacy in resoning which omits the minor premise and dos directly to the cunclusion
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bias
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prejudice or predispostition toward one side of a subject or issue
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bidungroman
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a comign of age novel. the story of a persons development
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conon
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an accepted list
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caricature
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a verbal discription the purpose of which is ti exxagerate or distort for comic effect a person distinctive physical features
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catharsis
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a moral and spiratural cleanising you recive when watchign a protagonost over come great odds
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collaquial
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the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing not generealy accepted for formal writign
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conceit
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a fanciful expression dissimilar objects a conceit displayes intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made
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connotation
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The non-litteral associative meanign of a word the implied suggest meanign conotations may involve ideas emotions or attitudes
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demotations
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the strict literal dictionary of knife woudl be a utensil used to cut
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diction
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related to style diction refers to the writers word choice especially with regard to their correctness, clearness or effectivness
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didactic
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means teaching
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dystopia
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bad place a imagenery world wich was constructed to be perfect yet failed
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elgiac
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mournful over what has passed or been losr often used to describe tone
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ellipsis
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the mission of one or more words
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epigram
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a bried witty statement
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euphmism
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are a mroe agreeanle or less offensice substitution for generally unpleseant word or concepts
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extended metaphore
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a metaphore developed at great length accuring frequently in or trought a work
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figurative language
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writing or speech thst is not intended to carry litterla meaning
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figure of speech
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a device use to produce fiurative language
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generic conversation
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this term describes traditions fro each genre. these conversations hep to define each genre
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genre
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the major catogory into wich a literary work fits
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hamartia
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means a error
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