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60 Cards in this Set
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any person, place or experience that stands for something else because of a resemblance or association
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denotation
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expresses the literal, or dictionary meaning of a word
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metaphor
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a firgure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things (does not use like or as)
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ballad
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a short narrative song or poem
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legend
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a traditional story handed down orally and believed to be based on history
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mood
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the emotional quality or atmosphere of the story
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meter
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a regular pettern of stressed syllables that gives a line of poetry a predictable rhythm
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exaggeration
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a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or create humor
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foreshadowing
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the use of clues by the author to prepare readers for events that will happen in a narrative
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tall tale
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an imaginative tale of adventures or amazing feats of North American folk heroes. The tales take place in realistc local setting
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hero
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the central character in story, drama, or dramatic poem
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anatagonist
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a person or force that opposes the protagonist in fiction
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds, most often at the beginning of words and syllables
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imagery
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language that emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader see, hear, feel, small, and taste things described in the work
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sensory details
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lyric poetry
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poems that express thoughts or emotions about a subject
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narrative poetry
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verse that tells a story
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irony
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a contrast between what is and what ought to be (situational and verbal)
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situational irony
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exists when the outcome of a situation is the opposite of what someone has come to expect
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verbal irony
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exists when a person says one thing and means another (sarcasm)
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dialect
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a variation of language spoken by a particular group, or my many people within a geographic region
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point of view
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the relationship of the narraot to the story (first, second, and third)
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first person point of view
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told by one of the characters. The reader sees everything through the character's eyes
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second person point of view
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the narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, but refers to that character as "he" or "she"
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third person point of view
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the narrator is also outside the story but can reveal any or all events, thoughts, and actions of the characters, as well as the background information important to the story
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oxymoron
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context
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the other words and sentences surrounding a new word
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narration
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the telling of a sequence of events
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internal rhyme
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tone
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the attitude of the narrator toward a subject
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fiction
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literature in which situations and characters are invented by the writer
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nonfiction
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writing based mainly on fact, not on imagination
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resolution
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the part of a plot that comes after the falling action
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style
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the author's choice and arrangement of words and sentences in a literary work
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plot
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the sequence of events in a story, novel, or play
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suspense
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a feeling of curiosity, uncertainty, or even dread about what is going to happen next
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setting
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the time and place in which the events of a short story, novel, or drama occur
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climax
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the point of greatest interest or suspense in a narrative
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theme
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the main idea of a story, poem, novel, or play
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exposition
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the author's introduction to the characters, setting, and situation of the story
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characters
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people or other creatures in a literary work
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connotation
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dialogue
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conversation between charactes in a literary work
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allusion
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a reference in a work of literature to a well-known character, place, or situation from another work of literature, music, or art, or from history
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rising action
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the part of a plot that adds complications to the problems in the story and increases reader interest
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figurative language
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language that communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of words
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memoir
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a narrative based on an event or person and emphasizing the narrator's personal experience of it
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scene
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a subdivision of an act in a play
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tragedy
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a play in which a main character suffers a downfall
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stage directions
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in a drama, instructions that describe the appearance and actions of characters, as well as sets costumes, and lighting
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dramatic monologue
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act
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a major division of a play
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flashback
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an interruption in a chronological narrative
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simile
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a figure of speech using "like" or "as" to compare seemingly unlike things
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true rhyme
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rhyme scheme
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the pattern formed by the end rhyme in a poem
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assonance
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the repetition of vowel sounds
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conosance
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the repetition of consonant sounds
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couplet
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speaker
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the voice in a poem, like the narrator in a work of fiction
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