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24 Cards in this Set
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Tone |
An authors attitudes towards his/her subject or topic |
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Context |
Situation or circumstances |
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In context |
When you are asked to figure out what a word means "in context" you are being asked to use what is around the word to figure it out based on the situation |
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Contrast |
Opposites |
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Shift |
Any kind of change or movement in a piece of literature ie talking about childhood memories and at the end it "shifts" to talking about the present time |
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Denotation |
Dictionary or literal meaning |
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Connotation |
A meaning beyond the literal or dictionary meaning |
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Allusion |
When a piece of literature refers to another piece of literature, important historical, mythological, or biblical figure/situation |
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Ode |
A poem in praise of something/someone divine or expressing a noble idea |
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Understatement |
A figure of speech in which a writer deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is |
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Anecdote |
A short tale narrating interesting or amusing incidents from the teller's real life |
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Proverb |
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people |
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Satire |
Sarcasm, witty language used to show scorn |
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Soliloquy |
One character alone on stage, speaking his thoughts for the benefit of the audience (other characters don't hear it) |
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Plot manipulation |
A turn in the story that doesn't really jive with the character (s) or the situation |
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Interpretive literature |
Literature meant for deeper thought and analysis |
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Escape literature |
Literature meant purely for enjoyment and pleasure |
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Pathos |
A feeling of pity or sympathy for a character |
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Poetry |
Writing that uses language in a more evocative (appeals to the readers emotions) and concentrated manner than prose or ordinary speech in which words and phrases and often have a controlled rhythm and are usually arranged in lines to produce a pattern |
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Imagery |
The use of vivid or graphic descriptions to create a mental picture |
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Figurative language |
The use of words in a non-literal way (often to link one thing to another) |
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Auditory devices |
Devices which enhance meaning when the poem is read aloud (the way the poem sounds) |
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Assonance |
The repetition of the same vowel sounds in 2 or more words |
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Rhythm |
The flow and beat of the words and lines of a poem, created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables |
