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29 Cards in this Set
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Allegory |
A story with an aspect that has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. |
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Anecdote |
A short narrative |
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Anthropomorphism |
When inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human characteristics, behavior or motivation. Ex: In the forest, the darkness waited for me. |
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Apostrophe |
An address to someone not present or to a personified object or idea. |
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Pathos |
Evokes feelings of pity & sympathy |
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Bathos |
Evokes feelings of severe sadness, tears |
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Cacophony |
The use of delibrate harsh, awkward sounds. |
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Caricature |
A portrait that exaggerates a facet of personality |
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Conceit |
An extended metaphor over several lines. |
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Couplet |
A pair of lines that end in rhyme. |
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Diction |
The author's choice of words. |
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Dramatic Irony |
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not. |
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Elements of a short story |
Characters, irony, theme, symbol, plot, setting |
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Elements of poetry |
Figurative language Symbol Imagery Rhythm Rhyme |
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Elements of Drama |
Conflict Characters Climax Sets, props Conclusion |
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Enjambment |
The continuation of a syntatic unit from one line to the next with no pause. |
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Syntax |
The ordering and structuring of words |
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Forshadowing |
Event or Statement in a narrative that suggests a larger event that comes later |
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Free Verse |
Poem written without a regular rhyme scheme or metrical pattern |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride or ambition that leads to the main character's downfall Ex: Okonkwo |
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Hyperbole |
Exaggeration or deliberate overstatement |
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Irony |
Statement that means the opposite of what it seems to mean, usually for humorous effect |
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Masculine Rhyme |
Rhyme ending on the final stressed syllable. |
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Feminine Rhyme |
Rhyme with 2 syllables |
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Personification |
Giving an inanimate object human qualities or form. Ex: The darkness of the forest became the figure of a beautiful woman in night-black clothing. |
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Paradox |
Situation or statement that seems to contradict itself |
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Satire |
Exposes people's mistakes with the use of humor. |
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Metonymy |
A word used to stand for something else. Ex: The pen is mightier than the sword. |
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Euphemism |
A word or phrase that takes thr place of harsh, unpleasant reality. Ex: 'Put to sleep' instead of 'euthanize' |
