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50 Cards in this Set
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Thesis
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answer to the question
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Tone (all words lead to tone)
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the attitude the narrator/writer wants the reader/audience to take towards a setting, character, or idea; not a literary device
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Mood
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the emotional response of the reader/audience
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Diction
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choice of words
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Denotation
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literal meaning of a word
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Connotation
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associations and implications of a word
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Subtext
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underlining meaning
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Assonance
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repeated use of vowel sounds
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Consonance
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repeated use of consonant sounds within words
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Alliteration
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repeated use of initial consonant sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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use of words to imitate natural sounds
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Imagery
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evokes a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience
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Personification
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human attributes to abstract ideas, inanimate objects, or animals (broader than pathetic fallacy)
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Pathetic fallacy
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human emotions given to inanimate objects of nature
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Simile
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a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
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Metaphor
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a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
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Extended metaphor
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a metaphor that continues throughout a series of sentences or lines in a poem
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Controlling metaphor
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a metaphor that dominates an entire literary work
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Pathos
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evokes pity and sympathy
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Bathos
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gives small events immense emotional significance; overdone pathos
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Allusion
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indirect reference to someone or something from a branch of culture
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Aphorism
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a short and usually witty saying that contains a general truth
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Apostrophe
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an address to someone not present, or to a personified idea
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Euphemism
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word or phrase that takes the place of a harsh, unpleasant or impolite reality
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Irony
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a discrepancy between appearances and reality
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Verbal Irony
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when someone says one thing but really means something else
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Dramatic Irony
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audience/reader knows more than the character on stage
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Situational Irony
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discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens
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Oxymoron
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combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
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Paradox
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a statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth
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Pun
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a “play on words” based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration for effect
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Understatement
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a statement that says less than what is meant
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Satire
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ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions attempting to improve things
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Sarcasm
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use of irony to mock or convey contempt
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Conflict
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choices a character makes in relation to an obstacle
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Obstacle
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problem
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Characterization
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change and growth of a character
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Foil
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thematically opposite character; highlights characteristics of a main character
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Point of attack
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where the story begins
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Exposition
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events that take place before the story begins
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Climax
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point of understanding by the audience/reader, main character, other characters
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Denouement
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resolution, when most conflicts have been settled
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Point of view
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the vantage point from which the writer tells the story
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Parallelism
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repeated syntactical similarities used for effect
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Deductive Reasoning
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make a hypothesis and then determine what would be true if hypothesis is true
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Inductive Reasoning
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based off of data, make general conclusions/theories
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Antithesis
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opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
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Juxtaposition
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two contrasting images placed side by side, creating meaning
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Anticlimax
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when an action produces smaller results than expected
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