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16 Cards in this Set
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characterization
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The way characters in a story are revealed by how the author portrays them; their tendencies, personalities, quirks and ways of dress
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Connotation
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the way a word is used in poetry that defies its dictionary meaning.
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Convention
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The most important part of a literary work/ such as the moral/chorus/ an essential part of a story that customizes it.
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Denouement
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The solution to a story that leads up to its conclusion.
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Diction
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The way and style that words are written in a story that can add to the mood, portray action, and refine the characters.
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Epigram
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A poem that is short yet very clever.
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Foil
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When a character in a story is similar or bears similar traits to a character in a different story. {ie. Doppelganger]
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Parody
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When you make fun of an original literary work or piece and interpret it in your own way, and imitate it in that fashion.
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Octave
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A set of eight lines in a poem. It may take the place of a stanza.
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Quatrain
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A stanza with four lines contained within a poem
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Satire
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A poem/ and or literary work that judges human conduct and stupidities.
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Sonnet
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A poem that contains fourteen lines.
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Complication
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An exaggeration of a conflict or problem in a story.
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Allegory
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When writing has a deeper meaning that the author has to interpret based on the characters and conflict. [i.e. each character representing a moral.]
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Blank Verse
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When lines in a poem don't rhyme or have any beat or rhythmn to them.
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Assonance
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When you repeat similar vowel sounds in lines to a poem.
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