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48 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration
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Repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words
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Allusion
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Reference to a person, place, or thing with literary, historical, or geographic significance
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Antagonist
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"the force"--usually a person that opposes the main character in his attempt to solve a problem
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Anticlimax
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The result of events is unrealistic or disappointing
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Blank Verse
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Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
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Climax
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The point at which the plot changes; the point of highest interest or dramatic intensity
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Conflict
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The struggle between two opposing forces--basis of the plot
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Connotation
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Implied or suggested meaning of a word
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Couplet
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Two successive lines that rhyme and are usually of equal length
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Denotation
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Precise, literal meaning of a word
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Dialect
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The speech of a particular region or group of people
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Episode
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Related group of insidents or events--part of the plot
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Fable
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Short tale that teaches a moral
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Fantasy
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Tale involving unreal characters or events
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Figure of Speech
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An expression in which words are used in a nonliteral way in order to convey a vivid picture
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Flashback
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An interruption in the main action of a stroy--to tell something that happened earlier as though it were occurring in the present
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Foot
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A group of syllables in a definite pattern--containing at least one accented syllable
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Foreshadowing
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Hints or clues of things to come
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Free Verse
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Unformed poetry--no rhyme, no meter
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Hyperbole
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An exaggeration--an exaggerated figure of speech
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Image
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A general term for any representation of a particular thing
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Incident
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One of the events in the plot
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Irony
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An expression that says one thing but means the opposite; opposite from what is expected
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Metaphor
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Comparison without using like or as
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Meter
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Rhythm of a line of poetry
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Mood
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Feeling created in a piece of writing
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Myth
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A story explaining natural events or history
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Narration
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Stroy of an event or series of events
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Onomatopoeia
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A word or phrase that immitates the sound of what it describes
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Paraphrase
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Retelling in a simple language to make ideas clear
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Plot
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A series of events
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Point of View (first person)
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Who is telling the story
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Protagonist
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Usually the main character--has to solve a problem
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Personification
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Human form or characteristics are given to animals or objects
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Realism
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Showing people or events as they would be in real life
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Refrain
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A line or stanza repeated at intervals in a poem
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Resolution
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Events following the climax
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Rhyme
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Repetition of the same or similar sound or sounds at the end of words in poetry
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Rhythm
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The regular rise and fall of sounds in a definite pattern in poetry (beat)
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Satire
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Writing that criticizes manner, people, or institutions by making fun of them
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Setting
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Time and place/ when and where
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Simile
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Comparison using like or as
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Stanza
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A group of linses of verse, usually four or more, arranged according to the fixed patterns in poetry (Poetic paragraph)
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Stereotype
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A character that is presented according to widely accepted ideas of how he or she should look or act as part of a similar group
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Style
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The way a writer uses language and arranges words
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Symbol
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An object that stands for an idea, belief, or other object
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Theme
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The central thought/idea/message in writing
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Tone
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The feeling conveyed by a writer's attitude towards his subject by style and choice of words
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