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26 Cards in this Set
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denotation
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the dictionary meaning of a word
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connotation
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what is expressed beyond the dictionary meaning of a word
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imagery
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the representation through language of sense experience
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personification
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giving the attributes of a human being to an animla, object, or a concept
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apostrophe
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adressing someone absent or dead or something nonhuman as if that person or thing were present and alive and could reply to what is being said
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symbol
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something that means more that what it is
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allegory
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a narrative of description that has a second meaning beneath the surface
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paradox
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an apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true
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hyperbole
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overstatement; simply an exageration, but an exageration in the service of truth
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understatement
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saying less than one really means
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irony and verbal irony
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saying the opposite of what one means
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sarcasm
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bitter or cutting speech
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satire
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it is ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of bringing reform
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dramatic irony
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the descrepancy between what the speaker says and what the poem means
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irony of situation
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discrepancy between the actual circumstances and those that would seem appropriate
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allusion
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a reference to something in history or previous literature
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tone
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the writer's or speaker's attitude toward the subject, the reader, or himself
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alliteration
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the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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consonance
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repetition of final consonant sounds
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rhyme
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repetition of the accented vowel souns and any succeeding consonant sounds
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masculine rhyme
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when the rhyme sounds involve only one syllable
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feminine rhyme
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rhyme sounds involve two or more syllables
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internal rhyme
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on or more rhymeing words are within the line
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end rhyme
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rhyming words are at the end of lines
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approximate rhymes
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include words with any kind of sound similarity
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