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26 Cards in this Set
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asyndeton |
the omission of conjunctions that ordinarilly join coordinate words and phrases |
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aubade |
a poem about morning |
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auditory imagery |
word choices that appeal to the ear |
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autobiography |
authors own life story |
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ballad |
a form of verse to be sung or recited and characterized by a dramiatic or exciting episode in fairly short narritive |
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bathos |
an anticlimax which is unintentional |
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begging the question |
also called assuming the answer |
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bildungsroman |
a novel showing the development of ints central character |
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blank verse |
unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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bombast |
elevated language, often pompous and overdone |
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cacophony |
a combination of harsh, unpleasent sounds which create an effect of discordance |
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caesura |
a pause for effect un the middle of a line of poetry |
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canon |
works generally considered by scholars |
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carpe diem |
a latin phrase which translated means seize the day |
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catharsis |
aristotles word for the pity and fear an audience experiences upon viewing the downfall of a hero |
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cause and effect relationship |
a dominant technique in which the author analyzes reasons for a chain of events. this casual analysis can also be the writers main method of organization |
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characterization |
the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work. |
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chiasmus |
repition in successive clauses which are usually parallel in syntax |
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classicism |
an approach to literature which emphasizes reason , harmony, balance, proportion, clarity, and the imitationn of ancient writers and philosophers |
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clause |
a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb |
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cliche |
a trite, over used expression |
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climax |
turning point or crisis |
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colloquial |
expressions informal, not always grammatically correct |
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comedy |
work which strives to provoke smiles and laughter |
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comic relief |
something humor interrupts an otherwise serious, often tragic, literary work |
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complication |
the part of a plot in which the entanglement caused by a conflict is developed |
