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43 Cards in this Set
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situational irony |
the opposite of what you expected to happen, happens. |
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verbal irony |
irony that is spoken |
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dramatic irony |
audience knows something the characters don't |
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irony of fate |
the idea that fate, destiny, or a god controls and with human hopes and expectations |
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structural irony |
a naive or diluted narrator, untrustworthy irony |
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symbolism |
seeking to express ideas, feelings, or states of mind indirectly through symbols |
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vernacular |
informal speech; native language to a region |
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collaquialism |
a standard expression, conversation. informal- still considered standard |
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slang |
vocabulary and usage that differ from standard, consisting mainly of innovative, colourful expressions |
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jargen |
language that fails to communicate because it is full of long, fancy words |
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dialect |
a form of a language characteristic of a region |
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rhetoric |
the art of using words effectively; used to influence others |
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allegory |
a story, poem, or picture that have a hidden meaning |
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anachronism |
something appropriate to a period other than in which it exists |
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doppelganger |
an apparition or double of a living person |
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epiphany |
a sudden realization that leads to a new perspective |
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in media res |
a story that starts in the middle; usually a crucial part |
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anecdote |
a short story about a real incident or person |
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analogy |
a comparison between two things, extended metaphor |
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Macabre |
gruesome; disturbing because of depiction of death or injury |
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idiom |
an expression whose meaning is not predictable |
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euphemism |
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing |
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anacoluthon |
a sentence which lack grammatical sequence breaks; make sense in a sentence |
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invective |
strongly attacking words; abusive rhetoric |
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juxtapostion |
close association with another to highlight a contrast |
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non seqcuitir |
conclusions with no logic |
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verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of being true or real |
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objective |
not influenced by opinions or personal feelings |
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satire |
the use of irony, sarcasm, etc. to be humerus using political things to make a statement |
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solecism |
a mistake of grammar or idiom; not standard grammar |
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subjective |
art, history, personal view, influenced by an individuals personal thoughts and opinions |
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pathetic fallacy |
the emotional connection between inanimate objects |
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didactic |
meant to instruct about a moral lesson |
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hypotactic |
conjunction to connect logical sentences |
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inversion |
the reversal of the order of words |
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local colour |
the detailed representation of the characteristic features of a place or period in order to convey a sense of actuality |
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loose sentence |
main idea is elaborated |
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paratactic sentence |
short simple sentence |
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periodic |
appearing or occurring at regular intervals |
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stream of conciousness |
a literary style depicting events in such a flow in the mind of a character |
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syntactic fluency |
manipulate the syntax of sentence structure |
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telegraphic |
simple sentence |
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syntactic permutation |
very complex sentences |
