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16 Cards in this Set
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anecdote |
a brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature |
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aphorism |
a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief |
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apostrophe |
a figure of speech in which a person, place or abstract quality is addressed as if present |
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allusion |
a figure of speech which makes. brief even casual reference to a historical or literary figure,event or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning |
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analogy |
comparison of two things that are alike in some respects |
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allegory |
narrative form in which characters and actions have meanings outside themselves; characters are usually personifications of abstract qualities |
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colloquial |
ordinary language; the vernacular |
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anaphora |
regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses |
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anadiplosis |
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause |
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alliteration |
the repetition of initial consonant sounds or any vowel sounds within a formal grouping |
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ambiguity |
use of language in which multiple meanings are possible |
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antecedent |
a word or pronoun in a line or sentence refers to an earlier word |
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atmosphere |
type of feelings that readers get from a narrative based on details such as settings, background, objects, and foreshadowing; refers to emotions or feelings an author conveys to their readers through description of objects and settings |
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clause |
the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition |
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coherence |
the smooth and logical flow of the writing as the reader moves from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph,idea to idea |
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conceit |
a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors |
