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21 Cards in this Set
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ACTIVE VOICE
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The subject of a sentence acts directly through the verb on the object
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ALLEGORY
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Objects and characters represent a second level of meaning besides the surface story.
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ALLITERATION
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds for effect.
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ANALOGY
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Showing resemblance or comparison between two different things, usually when explaining one of them.
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ANTAGONIST
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A character or force in direct opposition to the protagonist.
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ANTI-CLIMAX
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Where the tension or conflict in a climax is less than expected.
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ANTITHESIS
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A contrast or opposition of ideas, usually by balanced phrases.
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APOSTROPHE
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Speaking to an inanimate object, abstract idea or deceased individual as if it were human.
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ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
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An essay that tries to prove a point through various methods of persuasion, emotional appeal, logic, etc
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ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE
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A brief story told to explain a concept or argue a point, which is not scientific or researched evidence.
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ARCHAIC LANGUAGE
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A way of expressing a concept that is no longer in use in everyday English.
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ASIDE
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In drama, when a speaker reveals their thoughts and feelings in a speech which the other characters on stage are not meant to hear. Literally an "aside" to the audience.
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ASSONANCE
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The use of matching vowel sounds in consecutive words. Repetition of vowel sounds for effect.
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ATMOSPHERE
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The pervasive mood or tone of a literary work, often created and sustained by the setting and use of symbolism.
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AUDIENCE
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The intended readers of a piece of writing.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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A writer tells their own life story.
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BALLAD
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A narrative poem usually in quatrains with a distinctive and memorable rhythm. The narrative is usually a single dramatic episode, often tragic or violent.
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BALLAD STANZA
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Usually four lines, rhymed abcb. There is often a repeated refrain at the end of the stanza.
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BIAS
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In writing, a certain slant taken by the writer to present material in such a way that the reader may be influenced to think like them. Bias is often political in nature.
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BIOGRAPHY
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A book telling the life story of a real person.
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BLANK VERSE
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Blank verse is uniquely suitable for poetic drama and other long poems because of it's closeness to natural speech, lack of rhyme and rhythmic flexibility.
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