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30 Cards in this Set
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Cliche
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A trite or overused phrase or expression
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Legend
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An unverified story handed down through time; a myth
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Parable
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A brief tale that teaches a lesson or a moral truth
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Rhyme
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Words that have identical sound
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Apostrophe
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A figure of speech (rhetorical device) in which a speaker or writer addresses an absent person or inanimate object
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Fable
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Legendary story of supernatural happenings intended to teach a lesson or moral
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Man vs. nature
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A conflict that pits man against the forces of nature
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Novel
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A lengthy prose fiction, which deals with human experiences; longer than a short story; a book
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Paraphrase
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A restatement of a text given in different words
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Romanticism
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Writing that shows life as we aspire it to be rather than as it really is
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Stock character
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A character that is the same in every story. E.g. "town drunk"
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Third person narration
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"He"; the narrator speaks about the third person in the narrative
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Pathos
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"Greek suffering"; quality that simulates pity, sorrow, sympathy or compassion in the reader
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Refrain
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A part of a stanza consisting of one or more lines that are repeated in a regular pattern of a poem
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Aphorism
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A brief statement that expresses the general truth about life; e.g., "the better part of the valor is discretion".
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Character
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A person in the story
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Dialect
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Distinctive variety of language spoken of a particular place; slang
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Free verse
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Poetry written without regular pattern of rhyme or meter
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Mood
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The feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader at any time in the story
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Idiom
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Language peculiar to a region or group
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Naturalism
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The concept that man is at the mercy of nature
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Prologue
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The preface of play
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Parody
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A work that imitates, mocks, or burlesques another usually serious work
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Suspense
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A state of mental uncertainty or excitement about the outcome
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Tone
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An author's attitude toward his work
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Caricature
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A cartoon; an exaggeration by means of ludicrous distortion
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Assonance
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Repetition of a vowel within a word
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Drama
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Genre of literature that develops plot and character through dialogue and action; plays
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Meter
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Repetition of regular, rhythmic units in a line of poetry
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Incident
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One minor event in a story
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