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52 Cards in this Set
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Appeal to Pathos |
Appeal to a person's emotions |
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Stanza |
Group of lines in a poem |
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Narration |
Writing that tells a story |
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Interior Monologue |
A record of a characters thoughts |
Dear Diary |
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Speaker |
Author, or person whose perspective is being advanced in a speech or piece of writing |
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Allegory |
Story with multiple levels of meaning the literal level and the symbolic level |
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Persona |
The speaker Voice or character assumed by the author |
The mask |
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Slant Rhyme |
Imperfect rhythm |
No one's perfect |
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Appeal to Logos |
Appeal to a person's sense of logic |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words referring to sound |
Comics |
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Hyperbole |
Extreme exaggeration |
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Assonance |
Repetition of similar vowel sounds |
I lie down by the seaside |
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Cacophony |
Clash of heart sounds in a sentence/ phrase |
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Euphony |
Pleasing arrangement of sounds |
Band or orchestra |
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Monologue |
Speech from one person |
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Refrain |
A phrase in a poem that repeats |
Chorus |
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Pathetic Fallacy |
Events in nature that mimic the current plot of the story |
Thunderstorms and epic battles |
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Appeal to Ethos |
Appeal to a person's character sincerity or trustworthiness |
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Historical |
Reference to an important historical event |
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Exposition |
Writing that explains |
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Syntax |
The way a writer chooses to join words Clauses and sentences together |
Writing process |
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Dialogue |
Speech between characters |
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Analogy |
Comparison between two things explaining something complex in a simplistic way |
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Biblical |
Reference to the Bible |
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Illusions |
Reference to something believed to be commonly known |
Remember |
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Quatrain |
A four-line stanza |
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Act |
Major section into which a place divided |
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Rhetoric |
Art of effective communication |
People who give speeches |
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End-Stopped line |
A break at the end of a line of poetry |
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Scene |
A smaller section of an act |
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Consonance |
Repetition of consonant sounds |
In a kingdom by the sea |
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Caesure |
A sudden break in poetry |
Karate chop |
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Aside |
Speaking directly to the audience |
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Rhyme Scheme |
Pattern of rhyme in a poem |
Serial killers scheme |
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Sound Devices |
The technique of using the sound of words |
Skills |
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Literary |
Reference to a famous piece of literature |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of beginning sounds |
The baby bee buzzes by berries |
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Oxymoron |
Association of two contradictory terms |
The Wise Fool |
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Octave |
8 line stanza |
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Stage directions |
Instructions in a script of a play |
Drama club |
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Rhetorical Modes |
Patterns of organization developed to achieve something |
Putting a puzzle together |
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Couplet |
Two successive rhyme lines equal in length |
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Persuasion / argumentation |
Writing that tries to convince appoint |
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Description |
Writing that describes |
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Anachronism |
Anything out of its proper time |
Doctor Who |
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Rhetorical Question |
Question ask to emphasize a point |
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Classical |
Reference to Greek or Roman mythology |
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Paradox |
Statement appearing contradictory but actually expresses deeper truth |
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Sestet |
Six line stanza |
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Syntactical Devices |
The way a poet brakes lines in poetry |
Karate chop swoopy or in the middle |
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Enjambment |
Line in poetry that continues with no break |
Swoopy or never ending |
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Soliloquy |
When an alone character speaks thoughts |
To be or not to be that is the question |