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21 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
Repetition of sounds |
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Allusion |
Reference to a story |
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Aside |
Remarks by a character that is intended to be heard by the audience and unheard by other characters |
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Antagonist |
Character who adds or courses the conflict |
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Connotation |
Emotional weight a word carries |
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Couplet |
Stanza with two lines |
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Denotation |
Dictionary definition |
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Diction |
Word choice |
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Hyperbole |
Statement that is obvious and initial exaggeration |
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i amb |
Unit do stressed and unstressed symbol |
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Imagery |
Mental images |
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Metaphor |
Comparison without using like or as; indirect |
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Monologue |
Character who gives a lengthy speech to others |
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Mood |
Readers emotional response |
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Personification |
Human characteristics to things or ideas |
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Protagonist |
Main character who faces the conflict |
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Simile |
Comparison using like or as; direct |
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Soliloquy |
Speech given by character who is alone on stage |
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Sonnet |
Poem with 14 lines and iamb |
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Symbol |
Representation of something |
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Tone |
Authors attitude towards a subject |
