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17 Cards in this Set
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Simile
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A comparison using like or as
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Metaphor
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A comparison not using like or as
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Personification
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giving human qualities to non-human things
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Dramatic Irony
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When the reader understands more than the characters involved
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Situational Irony
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a situation where the exact opposite of what you would expect happens
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Verbal Irony
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When someone says something that is the opposite of what is meant
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Oxymoron
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a combonation of contradictory terms
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Allusion
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Reference to literary work outside the text
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Foil
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A character that serves as a contrast for another
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Motif
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Repeated patterns; dominant idea, part of the main theme
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Iambic Pentameter
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line of verse of five iambic feet--ten syllables
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Iambic Foot
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two syllables-one stressed, one unstressed
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
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Monologue
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long, revealed speech, usually addressed to a second person
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Soliloquy
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Dramatic monologue that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections
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Aside
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lines addressed directly to the audience-heard byt the audience but not other characters
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Pun
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humorous play on words, expressing different meanings
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