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50 Cards in this Set
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the language that address the senses
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Enjambment
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run on line. must continue to the next line.
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figures of speech
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a way of saying something in the terms of something else.
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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metaphor
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comparison not using like or as
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implied metaphor
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does not specifically state something. it hints at the metaphor.
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extended metaphor
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a series of related metaphors
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pun
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a play on words that relies on a word having more than one meaning or sounding like another word
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***synedoche***
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a figure of speech in which part of something is used instead of the whole
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***metonymy***
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in which something is closely associated with something else. it substitutes it.
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personification
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the attribution of giving human qualities to none human things
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apostrophe
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an address either to someone who is absent and therefore cannot hear the speaker or to something not human.
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hyperbole
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adds emphasis w/o intending to be literally true
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overstatement
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figure of speech exageration
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understatement
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says less than intended
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parody
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a statement that intentionally appears to be self-contradictory but than on closer inspection turns out to be true
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oxymoron
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condensed form of paradox in which two contradictory words are used together
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symbol
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something that represents something else
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conventional symbol
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something that is recognized by many people to represent certain ideas
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literary/contextual symbol
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goes beyond the traditional public meanings cannot be summarized i a word or two
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allegory
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a narration or description usually restricted to a single meaning because its events, actions, characters, settings, and objects represent specific abstractions or ideas
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didactic poetry
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designed to teach an ethical, moral, or religious lesson
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irony
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a technique that reveals a discrepancy between what appears to be and what actually is true
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situational irony
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the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true, what actually exists and what is expected to happen
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verbal irony
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saying something different from what is meant.
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satire
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ridiculing a folly or a vice in effort to expose of correct it
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dramatic irony
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when the writer allows the reader to know more than the characters do
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comic irony
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when the author uses god, destiny, or fate, to clash the hope and exceptions of a character of human kind in general
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onomatopoeia
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a use of a word that resembles a sound
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alliteration
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the repetition of the same constant sounds at the beginning of nearby words
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assonance
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the repetition of the same vowels sound in nearby words
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euphony
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line that are musically pleasant
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cacophony
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lines that are discordant and difficult to pronounce like the claim that "never my numb plunker fumbles"
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doggerel
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lines whose subject matter is trite and whose rhythm and sounds are monotonously heavy-handed
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paraphrase
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restatement of the central idea in your own words
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diction
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authors choice of words
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poetic diction
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use of elevated language instead of the ordinary language
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formal diction
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consists of a dignified, impersonal, and elevated use of language
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middle diction
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spoken by most educated people`
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informal diction
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usage of slang and expressions not used by the culture at large
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dialect
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spoken by dignified groups of people from a particular region
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jargon
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usage of words defined by a specific profession
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denotations
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literal, dictionary meanings of a word
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connotations
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associations and implications that go beyond a words literal meaning
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persona
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a speaker created by the author
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ambiguity
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allows two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word.
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syntax
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the ordering of words into meaningful verbal patterns
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tone
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the writers attitude toward the subject, the mood created by all of the elements
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dramatic monologue
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character addresses the audience silently to reveal unintentionally some aspect of their personality
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allusion
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is a brief reference to a person place thing event or idea in history or lit.
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