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25 Cards in this Set
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A narrative in which ABSTRACTIONS are presented by ACTUAL CHARACTERS
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allegory
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The REPITION of initial CONSONANT sounds of ADJOINING WORDS in a line of POETRY
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alliteration
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A REFERENCE to another event
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allusion
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Balancing or constrasting a WORD OR PHRASE against another to provide EMPHASIS:
ex. FAIR IS FOUL AND FOUL IS FAIR |
antithesis
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH in which the SPEAKER ADDRESSES someone who is NOT PRESENT or an INANIMATE OBJECT.
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apostrophe
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JUNGIAN term, meaning BASIC PATTERN
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archetype
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meant to teach
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didactic
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In a PLAY, where the AUDIENCE and possibly a CHARACTER know something other characters do NOT
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dramatic irony
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A length simile
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epic simile
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A GENTLER PHRASE deliberately subsituted to replace a HARSHER ONE
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euphemism
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Language which isn't MEANT to be TAKEN LITERALLY and includes imagery
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figurative language
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FIGURE OF SPEECH that emphasizes EXAGGERATION
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hyperbole
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Verse with FIVE FEET PER LINE, UNSTRESSED AND STRESSED SYLLABLE
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iambic pentameter
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EXPRESSION PECULIAR to its own by its VOCAB or GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE
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idiom
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Name-calling
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invective
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HUMOROUS MISUSE of a WORD due to LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
ex: ARGAL` |
malapropism
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COMPARISON OF TWO SEEMINGLY UNLIKE THINGS in the form of a statement NOT USING like or as
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metaphor
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A word imitates the sound it makes.
ex: "boom" "click" "snap" |
onomatopeia
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A CONTRADICTION that when examined results in an ELEMENT OF TRUTH
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paradox
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Character's THOUGHTS ARE REVELEAD to the audience but not to other characters IN SPITE OF THEIR PRESENCE
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parenthetical aside
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too concerned with the correct rules and details of language
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pedantic
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NOT having any FEATURES that are INTERESTING
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prosaic
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ART OF PERSUASION by means of speech
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rhetoric
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A FORM OF CRITCISM which uses HUMOR
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satire
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comparing TWO UNLIKE ITEMS USING "like" or "as"
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simile
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