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20 Cards in this Set
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Connotation
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Expression : an act.
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convention
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an agreement : dealing with specific matter
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couplet
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a pair of rhyme : couple
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elegy
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a celebration of ones funeral , death
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falling action
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the part of the story after the climax
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diction
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style of writing or speaking
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meter
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A poetic rhythmic : patterned
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ode
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a lyric poem
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rising meter
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exact arrangements of syllables
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understatement
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a figure of speech , when a writer is trying to make a situation less important.
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protagonist
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a leading character , hero , or other literary work
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sub plot
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a secondary subordinate in a story
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reversal
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an act or instance of reversing
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recognition
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knowledge
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sonnet
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a poem with 14 lines
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ballad
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any poem in any similar style
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antagonist
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the adversary of the hero
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alliteration
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words of a word group with the same first letter.
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figurative language
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speech or writing that departs from literal meaning
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spondee
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two long syllables
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