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17 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden. (The lion the witch and the wardrobe) |
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Altruism |
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
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Archaic |
Belonging to an earlier time (Words/expressions that are outdated or obsolete) |
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Balanced sentence |
Balanced by virtue of their likeness or structure, their direct contrast of similarity in meaning, and length. (I love swimming; I hate skiing. |
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Blank verse |
Rhythm but no rhyme |
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Caesura |
A pause in a line of poetry (To err is human, to forgive is p divine) |
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Chronology |
Measuring time and dating events |
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Colloquial |
Everyday speech that is informal. "You look blue" "wanna" |
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Connotation |
Implied meaning |
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Denotation |
Explicit and direct meaning |
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Diction |
The choice of words in literarure |
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Harmatia |
Tragic flaw that brings about a character's downfall. |
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Inversion |
Normal sentence patters are reversed to create a special effect |
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Metonymy |
Figure of speech which replaces the name of one thing with something closely associated with it. (MEN ON THE HILLS) (the bottle) |
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Milieu |
Surroundings and environmebt |
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Pragmatic |
Concerned with practical results or values, not with theories or ideals. |
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Precedent |
Example or justification for subsequent situations |
