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22 Cards in this Set
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anecdote
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short narrative about an interesting incident
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allegory
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story that teaches a lesson through symbolism
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legend
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a story about the past, considered historical but not verifiable
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epic
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long narravtive about a hero
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ballad
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narrative poem meant to be sung or recited
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sonnet
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lyric poem of 14 lines, often in iambic pentameter
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elegy
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moumful or melancholy porm, often for the dead
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ode
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lengthy lyic poem with complex stanzas, often praising someone
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analytical essay
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literary piece that analyzes
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paradox
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a statement that seems to contradict but is actually true
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apostrophe
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someone absent/dead/nonhuman is addressd as if present
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oxymoron
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a term containing normally contradictory term
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soliloquy
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in drama, a speech where character says thoughts aloud while alone
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couplet
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a pair of rhymed lines
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quatrain
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s four-line stanza, often marked by its rhyme scheme
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sestet
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a six line stanza
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octet
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a eight line stanza
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caricature
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a description of a person that over exaggerates or over simplifies some characteristics
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pun
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a joke created be a play on words, often using a word's multiple meanings
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connotation
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a word's overtones of meaning
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denotation
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a word's literal meaning
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rhetorical question
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a question that does not require reply; used for persuasion
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