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45 Cards in this Set
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Romanticism
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Writers looked to nature for their inspiration, idealized the distant past, and celebrated the individual.
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Neoclassism
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Respected order, reason and rules, and the human was viewed
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lyric
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Short poem that expresses personal thoughts and feelings
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ode
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exalted, complex lyric that develops a serious and dignified theme.
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elegy
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A metaphorical poem reflecting death
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Shakespearean Sonnet
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Iambic pentameter
abab cdcd efef gg |
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Petrarch's Sonnet
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Iambic pentameter
abbaabba cdecde or abbaabba cdccdc |
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speaker
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The voice in a poem that talks to the reader
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extended metaphor
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Comparison of two like things that have something in common
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-lent
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full of
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phil-
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love
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First person
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Character is the narrator, and you read everything how the character views
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Third person omniscient
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Narrator can flex between different thoughts, views, and events.
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Third person limited
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Narrator tells the perspective of a character
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Social criticism
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Personally criticizing a social norm.
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Thesis
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A sentence describing the point of an essay, compiles an essay. Specific to the literature.
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Theme
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Central point trying to be made, or a central message.
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Allusion
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A reference of which the reader should know of
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Tone
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Voice used in a piece
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Mood
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The feeling in the air
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Style
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Is how a piece is written
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dom
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to rule
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liber
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to free
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Foil
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A person who is very similar or different to another that brings out a certain trait
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imagery
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Creates sensory experiences
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parable
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brief story to make a point
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symbol
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an object that stands for something els
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Conflict
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Fight between two forces
Internal-two feelings External-two people |
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epiphany
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a normal time where an important aspect of an character is revealed
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motif
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reoccurring ideas in a work of literature
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allusion
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reference to an event that the reader is already supposed to be familiar with
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epithet
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brief phrase that shows characteristics of a man
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hyperbole
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Truth is exaggerated for humorous effect
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dia
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across
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anaphora
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brief criticism about a brief observation
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antihero
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protagonist with a fatal charateristic
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spir
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life
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Biography
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presents a persons life using anecdotes, dialogs, and descriptions
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Anecdote
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short story revealing character and is ofter humorous.
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Litotes
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Denying the opposite to make the the statement have more impact
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Persuasion
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Effective use changes intellect and emotion
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rhetoric
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effective persuasion
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ethos
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persuasion by author's reputation
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pathos
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persuasion by logic
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logos
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persuasion by emotion
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