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29 Cards in this Set
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anaphora
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the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
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anecdote
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a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate to a point
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antithesis
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the presentation of two contrasting images
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aphorism
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a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle
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apostrophe
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a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction
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atmosphere
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the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described
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colloquial
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the use of slang in writing, often to create local color and to provide an informal tone
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conceit
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a fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects
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connotation
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the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning
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denotation
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the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
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didactic
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have the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles
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epigraph
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the use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme
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epithet
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an adjective or adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject (noun) by naming a key or important characteristics of the subject
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euphemism
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a more acceptable and usually more pleasant way of saying something that might be inappropriate or uncomfortable
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Homily
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literally means "sermon" but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice
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irony
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an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen
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cosmic irony
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concludes that fate or the universe is either malicious or indifferent to human suffering which creates a painful contrast between our purposeful activity and its meaninglessness
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dramatic irony
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centers on the ignorance of those involved; whereas, the audience is aware of the circumstance
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romantic irony
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involves the author's voice entering the storyline thereby drawing attention to the artifice of the work
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situational irony
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the contrast between one's understanding of a situation versus the reality of the situation
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verbal irony
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uses sarcasm in a statement to imply the opposite of that statement
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metonymy
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a representative term is used for a larger idea
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motif
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the repetition or variations of an image or idea in a work used to develop theme or characters
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parable
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a story that operates on more than one level and usually teaches a moral lesson
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parallelism
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the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity
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pathos
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the aspects of a literary work that elicit pity from the audience. An appeal to emotion that can be used as a means to persuade
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synecdoche
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a figure of speech that utilizes a part as representative of the whole
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syntax
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the grammatical structure of prose and poetry
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zeugma
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two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them
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