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30 Cards in this Set
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Pound of Flesh |
Someone's insistence on being repayed, even if it will destroy or harm the debtor; from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice |
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Noble Savage |
A person not corrupted by society or civilization |
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Bildungsroman |
A novel that deals with development of a young person |
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Anachronism |
A person, scene, event, or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era |
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Denouement |
The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride that usually leads to a hero's downfall; used in Greek tragedies |
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Crossing the Rubicon |
Taking an irreversible step, often involving some danger |
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Sirens |
Anything that tempts a person away from safety and towards the destructive path |
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Tantalus |
Often something desirable which is then witheld |
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Waterloo |
To suffer an ultimate, decisive defeat |
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Sword of Damocles |
Refers to an awareness of impending or imminent danger |
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Magnum Opus |
The greatest work produced by a writer, composer, or other artist |
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Anticlimax |
Arrangement of details such that the lesser appears at the point where something greater than is expected |
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Burning Bush |
Medium through which voice of absolute authority speaks |
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Fatalism(n)/ Fatalistic(adj) |
Theory where certain events must occur in the future regardless of what our present actions/choices may be |
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Pejorative |
Word/form of expression that expresses contempt, criticism, hostility, disregard, and/or disrespect |
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Sisyphus/Sisyphean |
Labor that's endless, difficult, and ultimately pointless |
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Foil |
A character that by contrast underscores/enhances the distinctive characteristics of another |
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Illocution |
Language that avoids meaning of the words |
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Blank Verse |
Name for unrhymed iambic pentameter |
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Elegy |
Poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person |
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Emotive Language |
Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual |
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Feminine Ending |
Refers to an unstressed extra syllable at the end of a line of iambic pentameter |
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Trochee |
Foot containing 2 feet: a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable |
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Rites of Passage |
An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a transition from adolescence to adulthood |
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Meta |
Above, beyond, of a higher logical type |
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Kitsch (Kitch) |
Shallow, flashy art designed to have popular appeal and commercial success; from German "gaudy trash" |
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Portmanteau |
Words formed by telescoping two words into one |
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Epistolary |
Relating to or denoting writing of letters/literary works in the form of letters |
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Hyperbaton |
Normal sentence order is rearranged in a major way, especially for sake of emphasis |
