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45 Cards in this Set
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ant, anti
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against
opposite |
antitheft
antithesis |
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ASTER, ASTR, ASTRO
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star
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asteroid
astronaut |
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AUT, AUTO
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self
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automatic
automaton automobile |
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CHRON, CHRONO
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time
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chronological
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CRACY
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government
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democracy
aristocracy |
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DEM, DEMO
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people
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democracy
democrat |
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DERM, DERMATO
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skin
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dermatologist
epidermic |
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FORE
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beforehand
front before |
forefront
forefather foreword |
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GEN, GENO, GENEA
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race
kind birth |
genologist
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GRAM, GRAPH
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letter
writing |
cardiogram
phonograph graphic |
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MANIA
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madness
insane impulse craze |
kleptomania
pyromania |
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METER, METR
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measure
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metric
millimeter megameter gigameter |
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MIS
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bad
badly wrong wrongly |
misinterpret
misunderstand miscommunicate mistake misnomer |
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NOM, NEM
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management
distribution law |
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ONYM, ONOMATO
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name
word |
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ORTHO
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straight
correct |
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OUT
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beyond
out more than longer (faster, better) than |
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OVER
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too
excessively over beyond |
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PAN, PANTO
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all
complete |
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PED
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child
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pedophile
pedometer pediatrician |
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PHAN, PHEN
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show
appear |
phenomenon
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PROT, PROTO
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first
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prototype
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THERM, THERMO
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heat
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thermometer
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THESIS, THET
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set
place put |
hypothesis
epithet |
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UN
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not
lack of do the opposite of remove or release from |
unwilling
unfortunate |
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UNDER
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beneath
lower insufficiently |
undermine
underweight understatement |
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UP
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upward
up |
uplift
uphold |
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WITH
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back
away against |
withstand
withdraw |
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ALLITERATION
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repetition of the same consonant sound
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"...such sweet sorrow..."
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ARCHAISM OR ARCHAIC WORD
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words that have disappeared from common use
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wot
withal |
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ASIDE
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words spoken by a character to an audience not meant to be heard by others onstage
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ASSONANCE
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repetition of similar vowel sounds
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"...likeness of a sigh..."
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BLANK VERSE
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poetry written without end rhyme
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CONSONANCE
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repetition of ending sounds
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"walked and talked"
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DRAMATIC IRONY
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when the audience or other characters know something that the character does not
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JAWS
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END RHYME AND END RHYME SCHEME
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poetry that rhymes and the pattern of said rhyme
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END-STOP LINE
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poetry that has punctuation at the end
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FORESHADOWING
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use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot
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HYPERBOLE
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figure of speech using exaggeration to express strong emotion and create an effect
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IAMBIC METER
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an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
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IAMBIC PENTAMETER
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five iambic meters
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"...But soft! What light! From yon! Der win! Dow breaks!...."
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IMAGERY
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language that appeals to the senses and creates an image
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The blood flowed down his shoulder, red and hot, creating a lovely stain down his shirt. Ninefingers turned to the next masked man. The victim let out a scream of pain, shrill and grating, as the Bloody-Nine swung the ax. The man's head soared a length of twelve feet before landing with a dull, lifeless thud.
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METAPHOR
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comparison of two unlikely things
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"Juliet is the sun..."
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MONOLOGUE
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a long speech by one person in a group
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OXYMORON
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when two opposite ideas or words that create a new concept
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jumbo shrimp
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