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47 Cards in this Set
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Fiction
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imaginative words that are arranged in such a way as to stir up the imagination
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Alliteration
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the repetition of the same consonant sound in a sequence of words
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Cannon
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a body of literary works considered important to read and study by scholars, critics and teachers
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Play
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dramatic literature ususally written to be performed
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Playwright
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writers who make plays
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Drama
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derived from the Greek word "dran" which means "to do" or "to perform"
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One-Act Play
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a play performed in a single location with one continuous action
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Acts
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main divisions in a play
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Scenes
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divisions within the acts
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Dramatic Plot
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the arrangement of events in carefully causal relationships that result in conflict
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Protagonist
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the central character; the hero or heroine
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Antagonist
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opponent of the protagonist; the villain
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Subplot
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secondary action that reinforces or contrasts with the plot
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Foil
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a character whose behavior and values contrast with another character to emphasize the differences
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Theme
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the central idea, central truth, or central meaning of a literary work
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Script
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the written text of a play, film, television program
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Plot
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the central conflict and how it is resolved
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Characterization
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methods a writer uses to create people in a story, poem or play that actually seem to exist or appear to be real
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Denotation
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the dictionary definition of a word
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Connotation
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the emotional overtone of a word
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Figures of Speech
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words or phrases that create images or impressions
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Metaphor
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an imaginative comparison between two literally unlike things, people, events
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Simile
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-an imaginative comparison using "like" or "as"
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Extended Metaphor
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an imaginary comparison used through several lines or throughout an entire piece of literature
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Personification
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to give human characteristics to non-human things or events
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Symbol
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something that stands for or suggests an idea, quality, or concept larger than itself
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Paradox
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an apparently contradictory statement that makes sense upon examination
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Oxymoron
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an extreme paradox; two words of opposite meaning used together
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Irony
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a device that reveals a reality different form what appears to be true
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Diction
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the writer's choice of words
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Tone
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mood created by the elements in a piece of literature
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Imagery
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language that addresses the senses
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Allegory
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a narration/description restricted to a single meaning; its events, actions, characters, settings, and objects represent specific abstract ideas
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Onomatopoeia
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the word resembles the sound it represents
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Alliteration
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repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words
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Rhyme
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two or more words that repeat the same sound, usually at the end of a line of poetry
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Rhythm
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the recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds
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Meter
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the rhythmic patterns of stress recurring in poetry
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Scansion
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measuring the stresses in a poetic line to determine the metrical patterns
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Iambic pentameter
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the most common meter in English poetry
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed iambic pentameter; Shakespeare's most common rhythm
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Fixed Form
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poetry that follows a prescribed form
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Free Verse
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(Also, Open Form) does not conform to established patterns of meter, rhyme, & stanzas
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Rhyme Scheme
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the patterns of ending rhymes
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Setting
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the context in which the action of literature occurs
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Interpretation
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a process of examining the details of works of literature in order to make sense of them
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Soliloquy
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a dramatic monologue that reveals a character's thoughts to the audience
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