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19 Cards in this Set
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end-stopped line
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A poetic line in which the end of the line coincides with the end of the grammatical unit, usually the sentence. A line without enjambment.
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authorial sovereignty
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the author might simply say, "But back in Tom's youth
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canon
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refers to what are considered the most important works in a national literature or period: authors widely read and studied (such as Shakespeare and Melville)
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flashback
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is action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding.
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imagery
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language that evokes one or all of the five senses: gustatory, tactical, auditory, visual, olfactory.
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free verse
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Poetry based on the natural rhythms of phrases and normal pauses rather than the artificial constraints of metrical feet
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parody
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A parody imitates the serious manner and characteristic features of a particular literary work in order to make fun of those same features. The humorist achieves parody by exaggerating certain traits common to the work
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rhyme
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a matching similarity of sounds in two or more words, especially when their accented vowels and all succeeding consonants are identical
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sarcasm
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the act of ostensibly saying one thing but meaning another
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setting
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time, place, location, historical era that work takes place
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simile
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comparison implied by using an adverb such as like or as
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style
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The author's words and the characteristic way that writer uses language to achieve certain effects
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tone
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The means of creating a relationship or conveying an attitude or mood.
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understatement
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opposite in exaggeration
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exposition
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The use of authorial discussion to explain or summarize background material rather than revealing this information through gradual narrative detail
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climax
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the moment when the crisis reaches the highest point in the work
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resolution
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outcome or result of a complex situation or sequence of events, an aftermath that usually occurs near the final stages of the plot
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static character
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same person/characteristics at the beginning of the work and at the end.
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second person POV
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an unreliable narrator
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