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60 Cards in this Set
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A symbolic narrative with a second meaning |
Allegory |
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Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
Alliteration |
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}Brief reference to other works, often classical or biblical |
Allusion |
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Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses |
Anaphora |
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Reversing normal syntax (Yoda Speak) |
Anastrophe |
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A character who actively opposes or is hostile to the main character |
Antagonist |
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The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object |
Anthropomorphism |
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A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief |
Aphorism |
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Addressing an entity that cannot respond (like the sun) |
Apostrophe |
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Repeated vowel sounds |
Assonance |
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A novel about the main character's formation, education, or coming of age |
Bildungsroman |
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Discordant sounds |
Cacophony |
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Deep pause or break in the middle of a line |
Caesura |
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Purification or cleansing of the spirit through emotions of pity and terror as a witness to a tragedy |
Catharsis |
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The order of terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second (Old King Cole was a merry old soul / A merry old soul was he) |
Chiasmus |
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An extended metaphor between seemingly dissimilar objects (In John Dunne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" a romantic couple is compared to a compass) |
Conceit |
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Associations called up by words beyond their dictionary meaning |
Connotation |
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Repeated consonant sounds |
Consonance |
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Combination of unlike elements for effect |
Contrast |
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Use of an artificial device or contrived solution to solve a difficult situation, usually introduced suddenly or unexpectedly |
Deus Ex Machina |
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A verbal or dramatic description of a work of art |
Ekphrasis |
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Taking out syllables to make a line fit in a particular meter |
Elision |
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Omitting a word, phrase, or sequence of events and allowing the reader to fill in the gaps |
Ellipses |
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A run-on line of poetry |
Enjambment |
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Quote set in the beginning of a literary work |
Epigraph |
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A sudden or intuitive insight or perception in the reality or essential meaning of something |
Epiphany |
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A series of musically pleasing sounds |
Euphony |
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A character who serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character |
Foil |
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A fatal flaw |
Hamartia |
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Overweening pride |
Hubris |
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Extreme exaggeration |
Hyperbole |
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A concrete representation of one of the five senses |
Image |
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A pattern of related images |
Imagery |
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Opening a story in the middle of the action |
In media res |
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A disconnect between what is said and what is meant |
Irony |
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Two things placed next to one another for effect |
Juxtaposition |
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Expressing an affirmative with the negative of its opposite |
Litotes |
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Using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation |
Malapropism |
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A longstanding rival or archenemy |
Nemesis |
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A comparison of two unlike things |
Metaphor |
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The name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it |
Metonymy |
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Recurring device, formula, or situation |
Motif |
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Creating a new or imaginary word |
Neologism |
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A word that imitates the sound it represents |
Onomatopoeia |
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Combination of two words that appear to contradict one another |
Oxymoron |
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Endowing non-living objects with living characteristics |
Personification |
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When multiple words have been truncated and combined to form a new word |
Portmanteau |
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A form of personification in which the inanimate object speaks |
Prosopopoeia |
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The main character |
Protagonist |
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Purposeful re-use of words or phrases for effect |
Repetition |
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A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness |
Satire |
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Metaphor that uses the words “like” or “as” |
Simile |
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Words that almost rhyme (they match in consonants or vowels, but not both) |
Slant Rhyme |
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A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words |
Spoonerism |
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An ordinary object that stands for greater meaning |
Symbol |
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A part represents the whole |
Synecdoche |
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Using one sense to represent another |
Synesthesia |
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The arrangement of words and phrases to create a sentence |
Syntax |
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The semblance of reality |
Verisimilitude |
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Animal attributes are imposed upon non-animal objects |
Zoomorphism |
