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75 Cards in this Set
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metaphor
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comparison of two seemingly unlike things
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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personification
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characteristics of humans given to non-humans
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synechdoche
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a part is used to represent a whole (heads of cattle)
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metonymy
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substitution of associated word for word itself (skirts = girls)
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allusion
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reference to well-known being or event
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symbol
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something that represents a larger idea or image
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image
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sensory detail
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archetype
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recurrent image that touches collective subconscious
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abstract/concrete imagery
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classifications of imagery
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motif
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recurrent image, idea, or theme in specific piece of literature
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verbal irony
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say one thing, mean another
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dramatic irony
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audience knows what character doesn't
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situational irony
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unexpected result
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understatement
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making big things seem small
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hyperbole
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exaggeration
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paradox
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seeming contradiction- long style
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oxymoron
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seeming contradiction - short style
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litotes
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affirmation from negative (student gets 100 on test = "you really should have studied more")
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ambiguity
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purposeful multiple meanings as in pun and double entendre
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diction
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word choice
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syntax
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sentence and phrase structure
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antithesis
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balancing of contrasting ideas
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polysyndeton
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stringing a sentence out with conjunctions
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anacoluthon
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breaking off a sentence...
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prallelism
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repetition of similar synatical structure
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point of view
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narrative perspective-- 1st, 2nd, 3rd person
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apostrophe
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addressing a person/entity not present
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analogy
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extended comparason of similar things
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colloquialism
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informal diction (written accents)
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sound in initial position
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assonance
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repetition of a vowel sound
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consonance
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repetition of consonant sound in any position
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euphony
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soft, peasing sounds
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cacophony
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harsh sounds
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onomatopoeia
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word whose sound suggests meaning (bam!)
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metric feet
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iamb- a short syllable followed by a long syllable
anapest - two short syllables followed by a long one spondee- two long syllables, occur as variants within a poem |
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amphibrach
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a long syllable between two short syllables
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metric lines
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tetrameter- a line consisting of four iambic feet
pentameter- a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. hexameter- a literary and poetic form, consisting of six metrical feet per line |
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stanzas
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divisions of poetry into groups of lines
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ballad stanza
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consists of alternating four- and three-stress lines. Usually only the second and fourth lines rhyme (an abcb pattern)
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rhyme scheme
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end rhyme expressed alphabetically (abbacdcd)
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blank verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter
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free verse
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poetry with no regular rhyme or rhythm
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heroic couplet
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two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter; a complete thought
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lyric poetry
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short verse stressing emotional over story
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narrative poetry
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verse that tells a story
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epic poetry
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long story in verse
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canto
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division of a long poem (like chapter to a novel)
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english sonnet
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fourteen line poem with three quatrains and a couplet
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italian sonnet
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fourteen line poem with octave and sestet
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epigram
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witty poem or saying
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epitaph
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memorial poem
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enjambment
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running over of a sentence from one line or stanza to another
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refrain
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repetition of line or phrase at regular intervals
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atmosphere
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effect of physical environment
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tone
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author or speaker's attitude
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conflict
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interplay of opposing forces
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comic relief
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a character or event that lightens the narrative
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complication
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plot reversals
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deus ex machina
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contrived ending (cop-out end where all conflicts are solved miraculously)
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epiphany
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sudden awareness or realization
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flashback
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device to supply background
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foreshadowing
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hints and coming events
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stream of consciousness
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thoughts and feelings recorded as they occur
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theme
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central idea
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motif
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often-repeated idea or theme
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plot
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exposition, rising action, climax, falling action
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denouement
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resolution, outcome replicating thought
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in medias res
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"in the middle of things" -- when story begins in the middle of an action/conflict/event
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round character
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complex, multi-faceted, not predictable
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flat character
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recognizable type, lacks complexity
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confidant
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protagonist's intimate
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foil
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character's illuminator through contrast
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protagonist
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character around which the action is centered
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