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19 Cards in this Set
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Foreshadowing |
Using hints to suggest what will happen later in a plot. |
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Free Verse |
Poetry that doesnt have a rhyme scheme. |
the bird fell. the sky came down. elephants. |
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Hyperbole |
An extreme exaggeration. |
i caught a fish thiiiiissss big |
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Imagery |
The use of language to make a picture of a person, place, thing, or experience. |
when you read something & get a mental picture |
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Irony |
A discrepancy between appearances & reality (something that shouldnt happen, happens) |
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Verbal Irony |
Occurs when someone says one thing but really means something else. |
sarcasm |
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Situational Irony |
Discrepancy between what is expected to happen or what would be appropriate to happen, and what really does happen. |
he washes his car then it rains |
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Dramatic Irony |
Often used on stage. A character in the play or story thinks one thing is true but the audience or reader knows better. |
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Juxtaposition |
Unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another created an effect of surprise or wit. |
"injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" |
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Litotes |
Understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negation of a negative form. |
A million dollars is not a lot of money |
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Local Color |
Fiction or poetry. Places special emphasis on a particulat setting, including its customs, clothing, dialect & landscape. |
The azalea festival to wilmington |
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Lyric Poem |
Poem that does not tell a story but expressed the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker. |
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Metaphor |
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between 2 unlike things without using like or as or than or resembles. |
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Implied Metaphor |
Does not state explicitly the 2 terms of the comparison. |
i like to see it lap the miles. "it" could mean a dog, a car, it does not directly say |
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Extended Metaphor |
A metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it. |
a long metaphor |
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Dead Metaphor |
A metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid. |
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Mixed Metaphor |
A metaphor that mixes its terms so that they are visually or imaginatively dont go together. |
The president is a lame duck who is running out of gas |
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Metonymy |
Figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it. |
"we requested from the crown support our petition". the "crown" is the king or queen. |
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Mood |
An atmosphere created by a writer's diction & the details selected. |
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