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40 Cards in this Set
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form of expression in which words are used out of their usual sense in order to make the meaning more specific
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FIGURE OF SPEECH
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a comparison of two things with the use of 'like' or 'as'
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SIMILE
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a comparison, either expressed or implied, without the use of 'like' or 'as'
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METAPHOR
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an obvious exaggeration for the sake of effect without any attempt at deception
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HYPERBOLE
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a figure in which a concrete object is used to used for an abstract idea
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SYMBOL
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the use of a word for another with which it is intimately associated
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METONYMY
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an address to dead as if living, to the inanimate as if animate, the absent as if present, or the unborn as if alive
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APOSTROPHE
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the giving of personality of life to inanimate objects or ideas
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PERSONIFICATION
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a question to which no answer is expected or implies its own answer
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RHETORICAL QUESTION
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an expression which actually says less than might be said
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UNDERSTATEMENT
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a narrative in which characters, objects, and events have underlying political, relgious, moral, or social meanings
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ALLEGORY
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a short religious allegory
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PARABLE
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a short secular allegory
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FABLE
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two incongruous or inconsistent figures of speech combined to make one
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MIXED FIGURE OF SPEECH
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the ridiculous misuse of a word
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MALAPROPISM
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the imitation of sounds by words either directly or suggestively
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ONOMATOPOEIA
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a statement that either seems to or actually does contradict itself
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PARADOX
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a work mimicking the language, style, or ideas of another for comic effect
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PARODY
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a restatement of a passage in one's own words
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PARAPHRASE
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a quality in a piece of literature which excites pity, sorrow, or sympathy in the reader
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PATHOS
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a brief, epigrammatic saying that has become a byword
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PROVERB
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a novel in which what goes on in the characters' minds and why they act as they do are of more importance than what happens
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PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL
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a play on words that sound alike, usually for the sake of humor
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PUN
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a theory of writing which emphasizes that REAL, not idealized, life must be presented in a story or drama
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REALISM
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the term applied to writing which presents life as it is
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REALISTIC
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the part of a drama or a narrative in which the problems created by complications are solved and the stage is set for the denouement. also - the 4th act of an elizabethan drama
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RESOLUTION
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control over and repression of feelings, a quality of good poetry
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RESTRAINT
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the term applied to writing which emphasizes style, usually at the expense of thought
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RHETORICAL
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a kind of novel that deals with people, events, and places that are unreal or out of the ordinary
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ROMANCE
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the term applied to that which in literature is not essentially true in life
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ROMANTIC
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a literary movement which reacted against the regimentation of the 18th century
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ROMANTICISM
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a bitter remark intended to hurt the feelings of the individual at whom it is aimed
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SARCASM
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a form of writing in which the human follies and vices are held up to ridicule, generally with the intention of reform
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SATIRE
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a minor divison of a play, generally dealing with a single situation or episode
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SCENE
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delicate and refined expession of emotion
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SENTIMENT
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in a drama or narrative, the time and place in which the action occurs
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SETTING
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a method used by Socrates of leading another, especailly an opponent in argument, to the desire conclusuion through the use of an orderly sequence of questions
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SOCRATIC METHOD
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the particular manner of expression of a writer which distinguishes him from other writers
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STYLE
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the repeating of a word or phrase for emphasis or rhetorical effect
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REPETITION
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the grammatical construction of a word in a sentence
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SYNTAX
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