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28 Cards in this Set
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prologue
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separate introductory section of a literary or musical work
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soliloquy
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an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers
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tone and atmosphere
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setting up a certain mood
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anaphora
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regular repetition of the same word or phase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
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foreshadowing
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warning or indication of a future event
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dramatic irony
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iront that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
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hyperbaton
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the use, usually for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one
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repetition
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the act of repeating
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alliteration
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the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
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personification
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the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions
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metaphors
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a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
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antithesis
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juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words or phrases
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juxtaposition
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two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
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pun
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use of word or phrase to email or suggest its different meanings or application. words nearly alike in sound, but different in meaning
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parallelism
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recurrent similarity where several parts of sentences equal in importance
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analogy
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a similarity between like features of two things on which a comparison may be based
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imagery
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makes an image in your head
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apostrophe
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a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present
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epithet
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putting an adjective on a noun, which normally not characterized, to give it characteristic
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polyptoton
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stylistic chen in which words derived from the same root are repeated
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asyndeton
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omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses
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anadiplosis
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repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause
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allusion
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a figure of speech which makes 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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metonymy
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using another way/object to replace a word that is closely associated with it
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nemesis
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inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall
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dramatic tension
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anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided, or mysterious situation
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hypophora
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speaker poses a question and then answers the question
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enumeratio
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detailing parts, clauses, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly
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